December 29, 2012 - 9:36am

Wet ingredients.
Hi to everyone here!
I'm a UK based amateur baker and love making bread by hand. I have recently been experimenting with some flavoured breads such as butternut squash and pancetta and my latest creation, beetroot bread.
Obviously, using ingredients with a high moisture content makes the dough quite wet so I was wondering if there is a method of roughly calculating the reduction in liquid needed to keep the dough workable. I usually work at 70% hydration.
Thanks!





Hello,
I became aware of this table, prepared by the US Dept of Agriculture, that shows the water content of various foods:
https://www.ars.usda.gov/SP2UserFiles/Place/12354500/Data/SR24/nutrlist/sr24a255.pdf
(beets page 2, squash page 25)
Hope this helps. Your breads sound lovely!
:^) breadsong
Brilliant breadsong, thanks very much! This will help a great deal :)