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Abel's Pain Viennois mk III

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Abel's Pain Viennois mk III

Having had success with Abel's Biga bread (well, the first time!), I couldn't resist a go at his Pain Viennois.

I pretty much stuck to the recipe, but reduced the BF to 700g and pro-rata'd everything down accordingly.

Bulk was about 40 mins, then pre-shape, rest 20 mins, shape, score and final proof in two vintage medium loaf tins. From previous comments, a small and sharp scoring blade was going to be the order of the day, so I used a Swann-Morton scalpel with a new 10a blade.

The bake was a bit bold, but I managed to catch it in time and put some tin foil on top of the loaves before they got too dark.

I was pretty pleased with how these turned out; flavour was excellent - not too sweet, but vey moreish with the butter content. I appreciate Abel's clever addition of SD levain to give more flavour.

 

 

 






 

 

Thank you once again Abel for another interesting, thought provoking and professional recipe! Keep them coming!

Lance

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Danni3ll3

That's a lovely loaf and you got the scoring down perfectly. I love the colour on that loaf!

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albacore

It's always good to try a new style of loaf and be happy with the outcome!

Lance

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alfanso

a few more collaborative iterations and we should get there. 

This is more than just a baby step forward!

alan 

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albacore

Thanks Alan - you were the pioneer! When I saw your bake, I realised there was no way I was going to get four loaves out of 1kg flour.

Hence my two loaves from 700g.

Lance