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Wheat and Walnut

man_who_eats_bread's picture
man_who_eats_bread

Wheat and Walnut

Walnut Wheat:

 

This week's loaf is about 50% whole wheat with walnuts mixed in (my first loaf with goodies in it!)

Overall Ingredients/percentages:
266.7g white flour (50%)
250g whole wheat (46.875%)
16.7g rye flour (3.125%)
416.7g H2O (78.125%)
11g salt (2.0625%)

Thursday evening: feed leaven

Leaven:
80% hydration
20% Medium Rye flour
80% AP flour
plus mature starter

Friday morning (around 11am): mix dough

Dough:
350g H2O (~90F)
200g bread flour
250g Whole wheat flour

Let autolyse ~45 min.

Then mix in 150g leaven and 11g salt. The leaven didn't seem completely ready (failed the float test), but I figured it'd catch up.

I left it for an hour, put it in the fridge, then realized I forgot to stretch and fold! So around 5pm I pulled it out and did a few stretch/fold rounds. After a couple rounds I mixed in around 2 C. of walnuts.

I put it back in the fridge over night till about 7am this morning. 

At 9:45 I shaped the loaf and put it on parchment paper and in a bowl to proof (covered with a towel). Ambient temperature is probably around 70, but I also baked some muffins this morning so the kitchen was warmer.

Around 11:10, with the oven and dutch oven preheated to 500F I started the bake. 20 minutes with the lid on and another 10 with the lid off. Internal temp was around 210F.

Now I've got to wait for it to cool. I'll post the crumb shot in the comments...

Comments

Danni3ll3's picture
Danni3ll3

I can’t wait to see the crumb!

man_who_eats_bread's picture
man_who_eats_bread

What you've been waiting for:

Danni3ll3's picture
Danni3ll3

to the crumb! And the crumb itself is nice and open. I believe you have a winner there! Well done!!

man_who_eats_bread's picture
man_who_eats_bread

I love the purple too! But I think next time I'll lighten up on the walnuts. The flavor is richer than I expected. 

Isand66's picture
Isand66

Nice bake.  Crumb looks great.

man_who_eats_bread's picture
man_who_eats_bread

Just finished eating it. Here are my thoughts:

It could do with fewer walnuts. I think walnuts can really shine in some places, but overall I'm not a big fan. At first I was worried that the walnut flavor overwhelmed the loaf, but after a few days the flavor had shifted and the balance improved. By the end I was actually really happy with the loaf.