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SESAME SEMOLINA

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SESAME SEMOLINA

Today's bake:  SESAME SEMOLINA (really durum but that was the title)

Source:  BBGA -  MARC LEVY

Notes: 

  1. I ground the sesame seeds destined for the FINAL DOUGH for the one loaf to be given to my neighbor.

Substitutions: .53%  IDY for 1.8% FRESH YEAST

Masa Hariña-Rye Loaf With Masa Hariña Starter

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Masa-rye loaf using masa harina starter

I created a new starter using masa hariña in four days.  This loaf is the first bake using it.

I don't know that there's much benefit out of using an all- masa hariña starter but I wanted to see if it would leaven a wheat bread well enough, as I thought it would. It seemed possible that there might be some interesting flavors compared with a wheat starter.

Milk Rye from The Rye Baker

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Milk Rye Bread

We returned home a couple of weeks ago from a trip to Myrtle Beach and needed some bread.  After a bit of consideration, I opened The Rye Baker and began thumbing through it.  Several breads looked appealing and I eventually selected the Milk Rye.  It’s one that I haven’t made previously.  The bread is about 60:40 rye:wheat (medium rye flour and bread flour).  My deviations were to substitute whole rye flour that I milled in place of the medium rye flour, 2% milk for the whole milk, and ADY for the IDY.

Sourdough Seeded Loaf Pan Bread

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sourdough seeded loaf pan

I ran across the recipe for this bread on facebook. It is supposed to be a clone of "Dave's Seeded Killer Bread." I have heard and read about how good various Dave's Killer Breads are. Although I have never personally tried any of them, this recipe looked similar to Hamelman's "Five Grain Levain," which I like a lot, so it seemed worth trying. It is really, really good and might well get into my regular rotation.

I’m such a flake!

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Flaking

We were running short of flaked grains. I have owned the Marcato flaker for a number of years. I have the hand crank version and got it on sale for $89.00  from an online Italian market. 

I had looked up how to prep the groats and found the wonderful Food Prepper site , I’ve linked them previously. You use 2tsp of water per 2 c groats, shake several times over the first 30 min then leave covered for 24 hrs. Very important and makes flaking so easy. IF YOU DON’T over water/ wait long enough. 

Latest panettone

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May 5 panettone

This is the first panettone bake since February, and it came out pretty well! 

I only have fed the LM a few times since then, and in this case, only once in the past 10 days. It did progress well however, and so I went ahead with the bake.

 

Bread with glutinous rice flour

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Bread with glutinous rice flour with sunbeams on top

Although I'm almost certainly wrong in saying this, for me there seems to be surprisingly few bread (not dessert/kuih) recipes that have glutinous rice flour as an ingredient.

My gremlins wake up after the Easter break

10% stone-milled whole-wheat sourdough

My 10% stone-ground whole wheat sourdough delivers again. I woke up the little gremlins last week when I got home from our Easter break. They’ve returned to their full strength.

Gavin

EDIT: Crumb shot added.