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That touch of rye

hreik's picture
hreik

That touch of rye

I've been enamored of Kamut and recently I've been making a bread w 25% Kamut ( sometimes with just whole grain, sometimes with 1/2 Whole grain and 1/2 White Kamut).  I've liked the crisp crust and the lovely rise. The flavor hasn't been quite as full as I like even when I was using just whole grain. Recently I added just 5% rye and it hit the sweet spot for me.  Nice oven spring, crisp crust and a lot of flavor.  I find that Kamut really needs a lot of time to rise properly and often I need to adjust around it's quirks.   But totally worth it.

 

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DesigningWoman's picture
DesigningWoman

Hats off to another great bake!

Carole 

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hreik

it is yummy

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dabrownman

when it comes to bread as fa as I'm concerned.  5% each whole: rye, wheat, oat and spelt will do it for just about any bread. Some sprouted even better

Happy baking Hreik

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hreik

For the compliment and the advice.

hester

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syros

Such a lovely looking bread. You know I love kamut as well. It’s true, kamut takes a long while to rise. But so delicious. 

Sharon

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hreik

Every time I use it, I have to plan flexibility around it... like sometimes it will rise 30% overnight in the fridge, sometimes, just 10% and then I have to give it more time at RT.  Very finicky.  Totally worth it.

hester

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not.a.crumb.left

and rye and Kamut is a great combination! Kat