Last weekend I baked a multi-grain bread using white wine with sweet potatoes which came out as good as I could have expected. This time I wanted to try using a red wine and what goes better with red wine but chocolate and cheese. I used a cocoa rouge which is a special type of cocoa that has an intense bittersweet character with a rich deep red color and fudge-like flavor.
In my last bake with the white wine you did not really taste the wine due to the fact that i used so many different multi-grains so I wanted to make sure to keep this one a little simpler. I two of my favorite flours, durum and white spelt added with some European style flour from KAF and some potato flour.
I also tried to make one loaf using a new cat cookie cutter I just bought, but that was probably a mistake. The cookie cutter ended up leaving too much of an escape hatch for the cheese which ended up splattering all over the front of the bread. I guess that's not the worse thing that could have happened.
The end result was a nice flavorful dark and rich bread with the added flavor of the Havarti cheese to put it over the top. The crumb was nice and open and flavorful with a nice chew.
I used a Merlot from another local winery called Duckwalk on the east end of Long Island.
Directions follow below.
AP Starter
227 grams AP Flour
71 grams AP Seed Starter
151 grams Water at Room Temperature (80-90 degrees F.)
Mix ingredients in a bowl until thoroughly combined. Cover the bowl and let it sit at room temperature for around 8 hours. The starter should almost double when ready to proceed. You can either mix in final dough or put in refrigerator for at most 1 day before using. If your kitchen is warmer than mine which is usually about 70-72 degrees with my air-conditioning you can proceed sooner.
Main Dough Ingredients
425 grams Refreshed AP Starter (65% hydration) from above
103 grams White Spelt (KAF brand)
200 grams Durum Flour (KAF brand)
220 European Style Flour from KAF (can substitute Bread Flour)
50 grams Potato Flour
15 grams Cocoa Rouge (KAF, you can substitute any dark cocoa but use a good quality)
16 grams Sea Salt or Table Salt
410 grams Merlot Wine
26 grams Walnut Oil
Havarti Cheese (sorry but I forgot to measure how much cheese I used. I believe it was probably about 10 ounces)
Procedure
Mix the flours with the wine leaving 50 grams of wine for later in your mixer or by hand for 1 minute. Let the dough autolyse for one hour in your bowl and make sure to cover it. Next add in the salt and the starter with the balance of the wine and mix by hand for 2 minutes until everything is well incorporated. Mix on speed #1 for 2 minutes and speed #2 for 2 minutes or by hand for 5 minutes.
Next take the dough out of the bowl and place it on your work surface. Do a stretch and fold and rest the dough uncovered for 10 minutes. After the rest do another stretch and fold and cover the dough and let it rest for 10 minutes. Do one more stretch and fold and put the dough into a lightly oiled bowl and let it sit at room temperature covered for 2 hours. After 2 hours you can put the dough into the refrigerator for 24 hours or up to 2 days before baking. Feel free to do some additional S & F's if you feel it is necessary. I baked the bread about 24 hours later.
The next day (or when ready to bake) let the dough sit out at room temperature for 2 hours.
Next, form the dough into your desired shape and put them in floured bannetons, bowls or on a baking sheet and let them rise covered for 2 hours or until they pass the poke test. If you want to make the pattern on top, press your cookie cutter into the dough and place it good side up in a floured basket to rise. When ready to bake, score the loaves as desired and prepare your oven for baking with steam.
Set your oven for 500 degrees F. at least 30 minutes before ready to bake. When ready to bake place the loaves into your on your oven stone with steam and lower the temperature immediately to 450 degrees. The total baking time was around 45 minutes. When both loaves are golden brown and reached an internal temperature of 200 degrees F. you can remove them from the oven.
Let the loaves cool down for at least an 6 hours or so before eating as desired.
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- Cosmo resting after a full meal :)
