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Persimmon, cranberry sourdough and walnuts by pul 1st try

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rudirednose

Persimmon, cranberry sourdough and walnuts by pul 1st try

I found pul's bread and was hooked! but persimmon??? ok, I got no persimmon but my wife got fresh kaki and I dryed them cut into wedges. so I have pieces of wedges in the bread and no cubes! never mind! ;-)

this bread is absolut gorgeous!

the loaf shaped as boule

crust detail

crust detail

crumb

crumb

detail crumb

crumb detail, walnuts, cranberries, persimmon

detail crumb crust

detail crumb-crust

detail crust blisters

blisters on the crust

 

my formula

  • bread flour 340 g 68 %
  • whole wheat home milled 80 g 16 %
  • white spelt 80 g 16 %
  • starter @ 100 % 8 g 1.6 %
  • water 370 g 74 %
  • fresh yeast 5 g 1 %
  • seasalt 10 g 2 %
  • persimmon homme dryed 50 g 10 %
  • cranberries 50 g 10 %
  • walnuts broken 50 g 10 %

 

  • sourdoug: 80 g wwf , 8 g starter, 75 % hydration, 16 h 24-25°C
  • biga: 80 g spelt, 0.8 g fresh yeast, 62.5 % hydration, 16 h 12-14°C  (greetings to Abel!) ;-)
  • autolyse: 340 g bf, 59 % hydration, 1 h roomtemp
  • final dough: sd + biga + al + leftover ingredients
  • bulk: 1 h
  • shape: boule
  • proof: in the fridge 6 h at 4-5°C
  • bake: 1 h 5 m falling from 230°C to 180°C, steam for the first 10 m

absolutely delicious! thx pul!

 

happy baking

rudi

Comments

dabrownman's picture
dabrownman

and crumb both look grand.  Well done and

Happy baking 

rudirednose's picture
rudirednose

YES, it IS very tasty and the crust is HEAVEN!

my first impression when looking at pul's picture was: this recipe is worth to be done!

and so it is!

happy baking retour

rudi

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pul

Hi Rudi,

I am glad you enjoyed it. Kaki is the name which I was familiar with in my childhood instead of persimmon. I like the looks of your boule crust and crumb. They look appetizing! Good idea adding the biga to the dough. Got try that! I bet it would change flavors and texture.

peter

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rudirednose

my family ist absolutly enthusiastic about it! crust, crumb, colour, taste, everything! :D

for me, biga is one of my most favorit preferments because of the relativ low hydration. I always do autolyse and then I try to have all the preferments, levain, etc., with not so high hydrations to have enough water for a complete autolyse. with a poolish or a liquid levain I have more problems though!

since Abel's "90 %" I have an other point of view to the benefits of 'la biga'! ;-)

happy baking and good luck with your biga!

rudi

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PalwithnoovenP

How did that crust colored so evenly? The crumb shots looks so tempting!

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rudirednose

'colored so evenly?'

sorry, I dont know! :(

this color, this yellowish-golden, glossy shine is new, I never had it bevore!

the gloss is the effect of my special oven. my oven is a kind of prototype of a 'combi steamer' for household use and he is relative old, but with this 'steamer' I can do a very special technic in baking with steam and so I get this glossy crust.

but this colour is new and I think it could come from the kaki - persimmon in the dough.

this 'evenly' may come from baking in convection mode, what I most time do.

'tempting', yes, it IS! VERRY!

best regards!

rudi