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underproofed?

GustavoSM's picture
GustavoSM

underproofed?

Is this underproofed?

Recipe:

Flour 100%

Water 68%

Olives 20%

salt 2,5%

Levain 40% (100% hidratation)

Mixed by machine, 2,5 hours first proof, shaped and then cold proof for 16 hours (6ºC).

Thank you!!!! 

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DanAyo

I’m not sure about the proofing, but the crumb is beautiful to me.  It looks like the dark pockets are caused by the olives. Can you provide a shot of the loaf with crust. I would like to see how much it bloomed.

Nice Bread...

Dan

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GustavoSM

Thank you DanAyo!!!! Forgot to take a picture of the whole loaf (my daughters have cut the bread and ate a good piece when I was distracted....).

Two things I'm still not confidant:

1) know the perfect proofing time;

2) shape high hidratation loaf. After a lot of unsatisfaying results with 80% hidratation loaf, now I'm going up 2% hidratation each time (started with 60%). I allways think that I don't have enough tention and then I try to tight it a little more and I screw up...

Hope I will get better with time...

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DanAyo

Why did you use 2.5% salt? Normally 1.8 - 2% is the common amount of salt. If the olives are salty, that is a lot of salt, in my opinion. Salt will slow down fermentation and it has a strengthening affect on the dough. I am wondering if the tightening of the gluten coupled with the slower fermentation didn’t hinder the opening of your crumb. Just a guess, though.

I still say, very nice slice.

Dan

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Abe (not verified)

and the salt is 2.5% not including the levain then it comes to about 2% of total flour.

My concern would be when adding olives if they've been soaking in brine. if so then perhaps lowering the salt to less than 2% or rinsing the olives before adding them would be a good idea.

GustavoSM's picture
GustavoSM

Used 2,5% because the recipe asked for. But never thought about how it would impact fermentation....

The olives were rinsed and then squeezed to take the excess of water.

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Filomatic

It looks good to me.  But next time push the bulk or final rise longer.  When I bulk ferment on Sundays I tend to finish around 1 p.m., and then bake right when I get home from work at 6 p.m.  That's a 29-hour final rise.

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GustavoSM

I will try. Maybe make five small loaves and let then proof from 21 to 29hs (bake then with 2 hours interval)

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Filomatic

I'm just saying how far it can be pushed in a cold final proof.  I'm not saying it's the best way.