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Sprouted 4 Grain Sourdough - 100 % Whole Grain

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dabrownman

Sprouted 4 Grain Sourdough - 100 % Whole Grain

This week Lucy continues her infatuation with sprouted and whole grains by going big to come up with a 100% whole grain bread that had 50% sprouted grains in it.  The sprouted grains were equal amounts of spelt, rye, Kamut and wheat.  The non sprouted whole grains were wheat making the non wheat sprouted grains in this bread 37% of the total.  It all sounded pretty healthy and tasty to me.

 

Instead of using our small amount of held back levain from last week bake, like the past few Friday bakes, we used a  bit of our rye sour starter that has been stored for 8 weeks in the fridge hopefully getting sourer.  We had no trouble getting the starter perked up during the levain build.  We fed it the sifted out 15% extraction hard bits of the non sprouted whole wheat for the first 2 stages.  These stages were of 2 and then 3 hours.

 

 We then fed the levain the 85% extraction of the non sprouted wheat for most of the 3rd stage which doubled easily in 3 hours during the AZ kitchen summer heat of 86 F.   We always figure that it is best to get the hardest bits in the mix wettest the longest. 

 

It is amazing to me how well the No Muss, No Fuss Starter works for virtually no maintenance effort at all.  It has been a while since we built a WW starter for a Friday bake too – can’t even remember the last time.  Once the levain had doubled we retarded it for 24 hours.  It came out to be 16.5% pre-fermented flour in the levain.

 

While the levain wormed up the next day we autolysed the dough flour and water only – no levain, no salt for 2 hours.  Once everything came together we did 3 sets of slap and folds of 8 1 and 1 minute, adjusting the water during the first set.  We then did 3 sets of stretch and folds from the compass points only.  All the gluten development was done on 15 minute intervals.

 

We then had to decide whether to pan this 82.5% hydration bread up or put it in a basket for the planned 12 hour shaped retard.   In the end I couldn’t find a pan small enough for this amount of dough, too small for a regular loaf pan and too big for a cocktail loaf – so in a rice floured basket it went.

 

A great way to make a fine chicken taco is to grill the tortillas, onions and peppers on the grill with the marinated chicken.  The first peach nectarine, strawberry Fuji tart of the year.

Once we saw it the net morning we decided t bake this straight from the fridge since it was fully proofed.  Once Big Old Betsy was preheated to 500 F we decided to bake this bread on the bottom stone with Mega Steam instead of a CI combo cooker.  Once the mega Steam went in we waited 15 minutes to make sure it was billowing before un-molding the bread slashing it and sliding it onto the stone with a peel and parchment underneath,.

And the brines, dry rubbed, smoked turkey, half breast is only $1.99 a pound.... instead of the that horrible deli price for an inferior product at the grocery store.  lovely and delicious

We baked it at 450 F for 15 minutes with steam and then another 25 minutes without steam at 425 F convection setting.  It browned , blistered, sprang and bloomed well enough nothing special.  Can’t wait to have a slice for lunch to see how the crumb came out and how it tastes. It sure looks good enough to eat.

The crumb came out open. glossy, soft and moist for a 1005 whole grain bread and one that over proofed as Lucy was sleeping....something she is even better at than bread concoctions.  This bread is deeply flavorful with a complex taste brought about by the whole grains.... especially with half of them sprouted.

The bread would taste much differently without the sprouted grains and I think not as tasty or interesting but some people do not like sour bread so others may like non sprouted bread of this kind better.  Nothing like a hearty, healthy bread that can stand up to anything put between it;  We like this one very much and think it would be great with some walnuts and a mix of seeds too.  It should make a fine bologna sandwich for lunch,

 

SD Levain Build

Build 1

Build 2

 Build 3

Total

%

Retarded 8 Week Old Rye Starter

10

20

3

10

2.20%

15 % Extraction Whole Wheat

10

0

37

33

7.25%

85 % Extraction Whole Wheat

0

0

37

37

8.13%

Water

10

20

40

70

15.38%

Total

30

40

80

150

32.97%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Levain Totals

 

%

 

 

 

Whole Wheat

75

16.48%

 

 

 

Water

75

16.48%

 

 

 

Levain Hydration

100.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dough Flour

 

%

 

 

 

Sprouted 4 Grain

225

49.45%

 

 

 

85% Extraction Whole Wheat

155

34.07%

 

 

 

Total Dough Flour

380

83.52%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salt

9

1.98%

 

 

 

Water

300

65.93%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dough Hydration

78.95%

 

 

 

 

Total Flour w/ Starter

455

 

 

 

 

Water

375

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hydration with Starter and Scald

82.42%

 

 

 

 

Total Weight

889

 

 

 

 

% Whole Sprouted Grain

50.00%

 

 

 

 

Whole Grain

100.00%

 

 

 

 

Non Wheat Whole Flour

37.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 grain sprouted flour is equal amounts of wheat, rye, spelt and Kamut

 

 

And Lucy reminds us not to forget the salad to go with that chicken fajita taco

 

 

Comments

Skibum's picture
Skibum

Hi dab, yet another great, complex bake and photo shoot! What really got me though was the smoked turkey breast. It is now on the list!!!

 

Happy baking, Ski

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dabrownman

turkey breast is that it isn't a cheap piece of pork with lots of connective tissue that required a long low and slow smoke process to break it down.  This needs to be brined for at least 4 hours (8 is better) - just salt and sugar so it doesn't dry out.  Then dry rubbed for 4 hours and smoked at a higher temperature 250 -265 F (instead of 225 F) for about 3/1/2 hours for half a breast till the internal temperature hits 162 F.  It will climb t over 165 F as it rests for 15 minutes before you slice it.  No dry old turkey breast here.

The turkey should go perfect with this fine tasting bread for lunch!  Glad you liked it Ski

Happy Baking and Smoking

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Skibum

We have a rainy weekend, so I plan to do this tomorrow. My tendency would be to add some granulated garlic  and onion to the brine, along with bay leaf, cracked pepper and a little thyme. I will let you know how it turns out.

I'm glad you mentioned it was a bone n breast. Most of the breast available to me in this small community are boneless, so I will have to reduce your cooking time someE

Happy eating dab!  Ski

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dabrownman

the more stuff you can put in there for sure, plus no bones mean more brine time too.  here was the lunch Ski

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Skibum

Look pretty yummy for sure!!!

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Isand66

Just perfect DA and Lucy!  What an awesome crumb on this one.  I wish I could taste this one as it must be perfect.  The turkey breast looks great as well.  I wish I could buy one here for $1.99 a pound.  Only during Thanksgiving do we get that kind of price on turkey.  I smoked a brisket and ribs a couple of weekends ago and it came out great.  I'm ready to give it a go again soon.

Happy Baking to you and Lucy from the LI gang.

Regards,
Ian

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dabrownman

intensely assertive in a mostly non violent way.  Can't buy this bread at most bakeries either..  One fine bread all the way around.  Lucy and I still haven't smoked some flour yet.... much less smoked sprouted flour.  I'm not sure we want our bread that smoky :-)  I think Lucy will move on to a rye bread net week or a white one.

I wish I could get brisket for $1.99 a pound year round rather than for the Jewish holidays only.   Finished up the left over frozen ribs and chicken thighs last night with the left over turkey.  I'm going to make some kind of sausage to smoke next week   If we aren't smoking something each week we would be afraid the world would end  - but it is ,ore difficult in the summer around here and why n electric smoker is the way to go.

Can't wait to see your next bake . and glad you liked thls one .  Lucy sends her very best to her furry LI Friends.

Happy baking 

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Isand66

Nothing wrong with smoking as long as it's not sticking out of your mouth ;).  You inspired me to buy a turkey breast....about double what you paid, but it's soaking in a brine overnight and will smoke it tomorrow.  Just refreshed my starter so have to figure out what to bake next. Probably some type of rolls and definitely some pizza.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Ian

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dabrownman

to smoke beer can style today.  Good luck with the turkey breast - do not over smoke it -162 F