poolish

It comes from "poolish" - a preferment used in baking (sorry, I'm sure all the pizza-makers and home-bakers already knew that).

Slice 2010

The book is geared primarily toward those learning baking as a profession with a emphasis on recipes and techniques using pre-ferments such as poolish, biga, and levain.

Kitchen Knives 2005

Bakers such as Richard Bertinet, Dan Lepard and Andrew Whitley are media stars, while home bakers exchange tips on poolish and post photographs of crumb structures on Twitter with hashtags like #breadporn.

All Hallows' Eve Is More Trick Than Treat Sam Leith 2011

To get this more nuanced flavour, you need to make a starter, whether it be a sponge, poolish, biga or old dough.

Pan Pugliese Shaun 2009

Or adding a poolish or biga in place of some of the yeast?

5-MINUTE NO-KNEAD YEAST BREAD (AND FOCACCIA), TAKE TWO! Bryanna Clark Grogan 2008

Those blisters develop from two kinds of preferment (a loose poolish and pate fermentee, for you bread bakers out there), and a slow overnight rise in the fridge.

You gonna eat that? Random musings on food and life in Orange County, California » Gooooooooaaaal! 2006

Those blisters develop from two kinds of preferment (a loose poolish and pate fermentee, for you bread bakers out there), and a slow overnight rise in the fridge.

You gonna eat that? Random musings on food and life in Orange County, California » 2006 » February 2006

Sprinkle flour over over poolish, sprinkle salt over flour, and recover bowl with plastic.

Eggnog: A Potent Family Tradition 2007

Mix together the flour into the poolish then add melted butter.

Eggnog: A Potent Family Tradition 2007

Sprinkle flour over over poolish, sprinkle salt over flour, and recover bowl with plastic.

Beer Rolls 2007