Submitted by nirbeltran on December 19, 2009 - 12:33pm

a simple rustic loaf

hi ya all

i made two loafs last night ..

they baked real nice so diceded to upload a picture .

i made them with a 12 hours biga -  200 g whole wheat flour 200 g water and 1/4 teaspoon yeast.

added 1 teaspoon yeast , 2 teaspoons salt , 400 g all purpose  flour , 200 g water , mixed , rise for 4 hours with 3 streach and

fold .

shaped , slashed and   baked covered for 15 minutes and 20 minutes more uncovered ..

yummi !!

 

 

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Pass the Salt

No salt in the formula?

please read again ... the

please read again ... the salt is out there ....

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Forgive me

Can't understand how I missed that; must have read it half a dozen times.  Forgive me, my eyes (and my brain) are more than 7 decades old and probably in need of a tuneup.

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Beautiful round loaf!

The first one busting right out of the picture!   The second looks pretty good too!  What do you think of Bigas?  Is this your first?

well actually i use the biga

well actually i use the biga a lot , it gives a lot of taste to my loafs ,keeps the bread fresh for an extra day or two without using any oil and it helps me use less yeast . instead of using 2 teaspoons for 600 g of flour i use 1 1/4 and get the same result

my experience with sourdough is a little less successful so biga is somewhere in the middle .

 

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