this is my attempt to bake the 'hop miche' from the perfect loaf site.
caveats:
-- as I couldn't find a scale when I started prepping the bread, I eyeballed the measurements for the levain and tangzhong and I think I made everything way way way too wet.
adapted from theryebaker: pinzgauer bauernbrot
I made it 50% whole rye | 10% whole spelt | 40% bread flour
Here's how to cure my depression: 45% whole rye, 10% whole spelt, 45% bread flour, 1% caraway, 1% salt.
I have to say, it was particularly tasty: nicely crisp and caramelized crust, wonderfully moist and light interior, just enough caraway to add zest without obscuring the flavor of the grains. My niece said it reminded her of bread her grandmother ate in rural Switzerland.
another one from 'the "who kidnapped Rob?" cookbook.'
Adapted from Sarah Owens. I changed the recipe to whole wheat (basically because I wanted to use up some of what I have in my cabinet.) I subbed in violife faux-butter, soy milk, and a flax seed faux-egg for the animal equivalents.
Results:
a fun experiment, but --
I read about Tony's Brotgewürz rye/wheat loaves & Ian's Onion Caraway Rye -- so, in a bout of cross-polinated insanity 🤣, I baked something you might categorize as halfway between the two.
It's got a chopped rye scald & a diastatic rye malt scald. I added a little lactose-free kefir (because it's what I had on hand) and 1% caraway.
final proportions (including the 2 scalds):
So, as some here may remember, I have had a variety of inconsistencies with my rye starter and my rye breads over the past year or so ... and, among the thoughts that the kind people on this site suggested was that I change up my routine and try some different rye flours. Though I'm not generally good at taking advice, I decided to have some fun with this. So I lined up 3 ryes:
