Please see here and here to learn more about concentrated lactic acid sourdough (CLAS). 

I've been mulling over what to do with that hefty 50-pound bag of durum berries I stowed away during the pandemic. Noodle-making was my go-to, but it became a chore after a while. I even considered buying a noodle machine for convenience: the kind that extrudes noodles once you add all the ingredients, but guess what? Nature stepped in and saved me the trouble—bugs invaded the bag, and that was it for my durum berries. Here's the final loaf I made totally clueless about those bugs:

Ingredients:

Pre-dough

Prepare a puree with

23% milk

46% overripe bananas

95% fresh whole durum flour ground in the Vitamix

5% whole durum flour from durum CLAS

7.5% water from durum CLAS

17% egg

0.2% gold yeast

mix until a moist dough forms; do not overmix

28C x 240mins using Zo's "Rise 1"

Dough

predough

0.5% gold yeast

1.5% salt

1.5% ground cinnamon

10% butter

mix until incorporated, then 

38% toasted mix of 

walnuts

hazelnuts

almonds

pecans

38% craisins 

mix in extra banana-milk puree if needed

Total dough weight: ~750g

for a 19cm x 11cm x 8.5cm tin with a lid (holds 1000ml)

Bulk

using Zo's "Rise 3"

38C x 50mins

Shape

place the dough into the tin lined with parchment slings

smooth the top with a spatula (optional)

Prove

using Zo's "Rise 3"

38C x 40mins

Bake

using the 6Q Instant Vortex Clear Cook Air Fryer

line parchment paper on top of the dough

close the lid

375Fx10mins

350Fx15mins

flip

350Fx10mins

click to enlarge

 Ithat I can bake two loaves in the air fryer at once whenever I feel like it.

Enjoy it the ball-law-yau style

I have another 100% durum bread, but this time it's made with refined, extra fancy durum flour.

It had action on day 2 & 3 after that it slowed down then stopped .. using King Arthur bread flour .. was feeding once a day for 3 days then twice a day.. I accidentally discarded on day two… it’s in my microwave with a paper towel and rubber band … the first few days I had the lid on then switched upon reading .. maybe that’s the problem? Is it saveable? 
my hair accidentally dipped into one of them just a few mins ago should I throw it out? Did I poison them? 

Eureka! Though trial and error I have successfully recreated the authentic, iconic NYC Kaiser roll. Brought to America by our German Jewish neighbors. These are the big ones of breakfast sandwich fame. 

Check another one off the list.

Kaiser rolls-✅