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Reinhart Rye help?

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larrabee1234

Reinhart Rye help?

i want to make his rye meteil sandwich bread without a mother starter using a biga as suggested in the Whole Grain bread book. I can't follow whether you make a biga using rye instead of wheat? Make the wheat biga as printed in the whlole wheat bread recipe and only use a third cup in place of the MOTHER starter in the bread starter recipe?  using only a wheat biga in place of the starter as listed seems like it would get almost no rye flour into the bread. Anybody got any experience with this?  Or know a Peter Reinhart website or forum where I could ask the question?

Many thanks!

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Mini Oven
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larrabee1234

I have the iBooks version--page numbers won't match hardcover.  It's in Section IV. The Breads:  Enriched Breads: Rye Sandwich Meteil (6the recipe in the section, in my version).  First mention of the big a replacement is in the first paragraph in my edition.   

Thanks!