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Has anyone milled these for bread?

Our Crumb's picture
Our Crumb

Has anyone milled these for bread?

I was amazed to encounter this richly diverse offering of whole grains for brewing on a trip to Silicon Valley this week.  This is the WFM on Stevens Creek in Cupertino CA.  What a selection!

Each bin suggests what this or that particular grain will add to a brew.  Now, I'm not a brewer and I do wonder how many of these subtleties, while relished by beverage alchemists, vanish at baking temperatures.  

A few grams of the "Black Malt" or "Midnight Wheat" would certainly contribute some novel notes to the weekly bake.

Cheers,

Tom

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golgi70

That there is a hell of a bulk "beer grain" section. 

I've used Chocolate malt in Rye Bread.  It added some nice flavor and serious color to the loaf.  

Good luck on which to start with 

Josh

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varda

Rye malt is a key ingredient in Borodinsky.   I use chocolate rye malt which turns the bread a deep brown.   Don't see it there but maybe they have it. 

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cerevisiae

I've never used these before, but now I want to.

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Janetcook

I buy malted grains at a local brew shop.  I use the red rye malt in the Russian loaf that Varda mentioned above and I also have the chocolate malt -  prefer the red though due to the aroma - not as 'harsh' - not the right word but I can't come up with a better one at the moment.

I also use a couple of other sweeter grains that are malted barley - crystal malts, honey malt and a chateau.  To me they lend a more natural way to add sweetness to a loaf and they complement the  honey I use as sweetener.

All fun stuff to play around with.  Just don't add to much or you get a gummy crumb.

Have Fun,

Janet

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Our Crumb

Good deal that you can find this variety of interesting grains locally.  Not where we live.  Lots of possibilities there, but absolutely:  these are in the 5-7% of total grains in the dough category, lest texture suffers.

Speaking of texture:  Our bay area junket took us to SF today and more or less straight to the home office:  Tartine, for the 4:30 daily bake roll-out.  Wow.  This bread is anything but over-rated.  Texturally a different beast from anything I've ever eaten or baked.  Country loaf is open, soft, cakey, spongy and uniquely flavored, interior glistening with gelated carbs.  Oatmeal porridge bread superb too.  I gotta work on this more at home.  Clearly very high hydration and perfect control of fermentation to give such a phenomenal crumb.  Crust no slouch either.

And CR himself was there overseeing the busy goings on.  A bit starstruck, I was.

Tom