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Kamut/Spelt loaf & basic white 1:2:3

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leslieruf

Kamut/Spelt loaf & basic white 1:2:3

Not baking so much but love the combination of Kamut & spelt so this weekend did a repeat of an earlier bake where I had pushed the Kamut to 50% with close to 80% hydration.  

Starter was refreshed on Friday morning and so before bed I built the levain. 13 g starter + 60 g water + 60 g bread flour

Saturday at 9:15 am autolyse for 30 minutes

114 g bread flour + 212 g kamut + 38 g spelt and 275 g water.  It felt a bit too wet and I remembered last bake where I had decided the hydration should be lower.  So I added another 20 g bread flour, not something I do at all.

9:45 am   add levain and mix with 100 SLAFs.  Patted dough out and sprinkled over 7.6 g salt, rolled it up and did another 100 SLAFs.  Leave to rest 40 minutes

10 am mix the white 1:2:3 following a 40 minute autolyse - just a very standard 600 g total dough weight loaf.  Method was the same as for the Kamut & spelt.  Left to rest for 30 minutes

10:45 am coil folds to both doughs and this was repeated 4 times at 40 minute intervals. 

12:50 pm both doughs were left to bulk ferment.  Room temperature was probably only 20 deg C and contrary to my usual practice I bulk fermented in shallow containers so I could perform coils more easily.  This meant I was a little uncertain about how far the fermentation had gone. 

15:40 pm There were some bubbles on top of both doughs and only small bubbles visible underneath but I felt the fermentation had gone as far as I wanted it to so I preshaped, rested for  20 minutes before doing the final shape - very simple folding sides to the midline and then rolling up.  Bench rest for 30 minutes then into the fridge overnight.  

Sunday morning 8 am.I find it quite difficult to get a really good colour on my breads these days, I am not happy with my oven but for now I have to do my best with it.  Oven was preheated to 260 deg C.  Dough was baked in DO 15 minutes covered, 15 minutes uncovered.  I popped it back for another minute with top element on high but didn't achieve much. 

Kamut/spelt loaf

Basic white 1:2:3 (I was trying out a new brand of flour)

Just every day bread but using the different flour has made quite a difference.  I had made a new starter during Covid19 lockdown and have added it to my old starter so I happy the way it is performing.

Bake happy every one. 

Leslie

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Benito

So lovely to see you posting again Leslie.  When I was new here I loved seeing your posts.  Now that I have Kamut I can bake with it.  I like your idea of Kamut with spelt, I'll bookmark your post to remind me of your formula when I bake it in the future.  The Kamut spelt you posted has such a lovely crumb and colour.

Benny

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leslieruf

it felt good to have a good bake, I am afraid my baguettes were no where near the standard reached by you guys in the CB!

hopefully future bakes will improve some more. and as I said I love the Kamut and spelt.  It is also really nice with some durum added as well!

Bake happy Benny

Leslie

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albacore

Nice looking loaves, Leslie. I like the ear shot!

Have you tried adding a little diastatic malt to improve crust colour? I routinely add 5-10g per kilo of flour, which usually does the trick.

Lance

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leslieruf

I don’t have any diastatic malt but during Covid lockdown I did come across a site that sold it so just now I re-found that site and ordered some.  thanks for the suggestion.   

Yes I am happy with the ears as they have been missing in recent time.  I am beginning to suspect the flour as this bake is using a different brand that is only recently become available where I live. 

Happy baking Lance

Leslie

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Danni3ll3

You have my mouth watering!  

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leslieruf

good to see you posting again too. Trust all is well with you and your family in these uncertain times!

Leslie

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Isand66

Great crumb.  Nice to hear you are doing ok in these trying times and posting again.

Happy Baking!

Ian

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leslieruf

in these challenging times.   Hope all is well in your family. 

Happy baking

Leslie

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not.a.crumb.left

Leslie,

Kamut is always great, especially if also combined with spelt...looks great and must taste well too...

Making a new starter is very brave....I just revived mine from the fridge after visiting Germany and I was wondering whether making a new one would be a good idea too....but then just kept pampering the old one and now seems to be ok again... 

Happy baking... Kat

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leslieruf

made 3. one was whole wheat  and it was extremely active, I gave that one away.  Then I made 2 with white flour - one with bottled water the other with tap water, filtered and boiled. These 2 evolved differently but in the end were similar.  For years I used bottled water but this showed me it was not necessary. The filter seems to make the difference. It was a great learning process and the trigger was the Rob Dunn Lab experiment.  learning about the different aromas during establishment was great, even the stinky stage!! In the end I added 1 to my old starter, really just to add another flavour/activity boost. I gave the other one away as well, I couldn’t bear to dump it! 

hope the family in England and Germany are well.  

thank you and Bake happy Kat,

Leslie