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Walnut Levain

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Floydm

Walnut Levain

Last week I grabbed one of my favorite sandwiches from the Pearl Bakery, a pear and gorgonzola number served on their Walnut Levain.  This weekend I tried recreating the bread at home.

Walnut Levain

I was pleased with the results.  The formula was roughly:

500g AP flour (Pendleton Flour Mills Morbread)

330g water

100g ripe starter

10g kosher salt

Walnut Levain Crumb

I also made cinnamon rolls for the first time in a long while.

They were more tan than the yellow they appear to be in this picture.  Oh well.  They tasted great.

 

Comments

DonD's picture
DonD

I have a real weakness for Walnut Bread too. All you need is some Gorgonzola Dolce and fig jam to go with it...

Have a great Thanksgiving!

Don

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Floydm

Thanks, Don.  You too!

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SylviaH

 Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!  Looks like your off to great start!

Sylvia

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dmsnyder

The Pearl Bakery walnut levain is one of my favorites, too. Yours looks wonderful. Stellar crumb!

David

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ehanner

Boy does that look good. Those must be the large pieces of halves. What percent of walnut do you use in that? I have some walnut oil I have been wanting to try in a walnut loaf. Hmmmm.

Eric

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Salome

and where are the walnuts in the formula? ;)

Great results, the bread looks wonderful.

Salome

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Floydm

Oh yeah, I forgot about them. Um... "three handfuls" were added. I didn't measure the nuts.

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SallyBR

Oh, I am feeling faint....

 

great bread, I did a walnut bread from Hamelman's book a year or so ago - I cannot believe  I've never made it again, it was so good!

I am having trouble with the rice flour, though - even using it, I don't get the nice white markings you do.... Maybe I'm using too light a hand to sprinkle it?

 

 

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txfarmer

Walnut is my favorite ingredient in bread, the cinnamon rolls looks delicious too.

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Debra Wink

Mmmm. Walnut is my favorite. That is one fine looking bread, and the cinnamon rolls look great too.

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Ryeblossom

Looks Good! 

Do you soak or toast the walnuts before adding them to the dough?

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Floydm

That might not be a bad idea but, no, I did not.

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rayel

Lovely, Lovely Walnut Bread Floyd. Beautiful pictures. I have to get working on a starter, then practice practice.   Happy Thanksgiving.  Ray