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SFSD by Michel Suas

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DanAyo

SFSD by Michel Suas

Has anyone baked the Suas formular for SFSD? It is very different from most variations. Advanced Bread and Pastry page 201 (215 of 1058 - pdf version)?

 

Btw - the kindle version is only $3.  https://www.amazon.com/advanced-bread-pastry-Michel-Suas-ebook/dp/B01FRD16Z2/ref=sr_1_1_twi_kin_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1549629241&sr=8-1&keywords=advanced+bread+and+pastry+by+michel+suas

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leemid51

if the recipe you are asking about is one of the ones we did in the SD1 class at SFBI. I will have to look again.

BTW, the book is superb, if you are able to decipher it. It is not a straight forward home baker guide. Although I like it and use it, and the recipes I've tried worked fabulously, it's not for the light-thinker. The recipe for coconut macaroons produces one of my favorite cookies of all time.

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dmsnyder

Hi, Dan.

I have baked this bread many times but not for a while. It is good but not great, in my opinion. It is not as sour as most folks' notion of SFSD. 

This was my go to bread for a while but has been displaced by variants of Ken Forkish's breads.  I like the higher hydration and higher percentage whole grains in my breads than when I started sourdough baking. 

My favorite bread of Suas' isn't even in his book. It's the miche we baked in the Artisan II workshop. I posted the formula some years ago. Here it is: This miche is a hit!

Happy baking!

David

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Yippee

version not available, Danny. 

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alfanso

I just checked and it is indeed $3 US for the Kindle edition (drat, I paid $45 US in Jan 2018).  However, that does not mean that it is similarly priced in any other country at this time.  I've seen this before when I tried to buy a kindle book from the Amazon UK website and was told that I can't because I was not located in the UK.  Leslie in N.Z. also had a similar problem, as I recall.

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Yippee

But it's not letting me buy it on the iPad, Alan.

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DanAyo
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Yippee

Hi, Danny:

The PDF deal is excellent, too! If I use the iPad to buy and download the PDF file, can I transfer it to a PC later, or vice versa? Thanks!

Yippee

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DanAyo

I think so, Yippee. The file comes as an internet download. I was able to save it to dropbox.

I did have to download the free version of Adobe Acrobat Reader to utilize bookmarks, comments and other features in iPad.

This is a great deal and from all indications it is legal. I did my best to research the legailty.

Danny

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DanAyo

They may have stopped offering it on Amazon, but see ebay link above. It is definitely good.

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mwilson

Looks like the standard formula to me.

If I can find it, I'll link you to some academic literature that details a similar process implemented by a well known bakery making SFSD in its heyday.