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I meant to start this batch early yesterday, but welcomed an old friend from out of town in the morning, pushing bake my mixing schedule back. It was HOT here yesterday with the mercury touching 32C outside and my kitchen 24 - 25C. I am following David Snyder's San Joaquin Sourdough formula, but with the elevated temperatures, reduced time between folds to 20 minutes for the first 4 and down to 30 minutes in the bulk stage. After the first 30 minutes the dough had risen by nearly a half.

Cari Amici,

non so da voi ma qui in Toscana il caldo estivo è arrivato prepotentemente e si fa sentire parecchio.....

Gestire gli impasti diventa ancora più complicato se, attenendoci alle tradizioni locali, non inseriamo il sale che normalmente è previsto nelle ricette.

Come ben sapete, in Toscana il Pane è "Sciapo" ovvero senza sale.....e così ho messo in produzione questo Pane, che invece lo prevede, utilizzando una straordinaria Farina del Molino Grassi di Parma che appartiene alla Linea qb e si chiama Montana.

Cari Amici,

non so da voi ma qui in Toscana il caldo estivo è arrivato prepotentemente e si fa sentire parecchio.....

Gestire gli impasti diventa ancora più complicato se, attenendoci alle tradizioni locali, non inseriamo il sale che normalmente è previsto nelle ricette.

Come ben sapete, in Toscana il Pane è "Sciapo" ovvero senza sale.....e così ho messo in produzione questo Pane, che invece lo prevede, utilizzando una straordinaria Farina del Molino Grassi di Parma che appartiene alla Linea qb e si chiama Montana.

Decided to make 2 loaves. Doubled the starter to make the levain (this fermented for 13 hours) and reduced 1/3 of the yeast in the recipe. Also went for a lighter bake. Happy with the results 

I had a good experience that reminded me of the reason why natural leaven is so much superior to commercial yeast and how using different flours add to the depth of flavor.

Well, after some helpful advice and some more recipe reading for process, plus a little more thinking about what I want out of this recipe, here's take 2. I've evened out the hydration so it stays closer to 80% until the last of the flour goes in, which is about as stiff as I can still work with it and not have to resort to actual kneading until it's time.

This has been such a weird week.  My wife is off to visit our daughter in Texas and eatng great food off of food trucks in Austin without me…… while I am eating curries, stir fries and smoked meats.  I’m not sure who got the best of that.  But the really odd thing was the turn that Lucy took.

This Sweetie Pie is basically a Tartine style loaf employing 100% hydration rye sourdough with added raisins, pecans and mashed sweet potato - yum! I found the recipe here:

http://girlmeetsrye.blogspot.com/2014/04/sweetie-pie.html

A wee burst of summer
Buttermilk Aromastück brot fueled by the grainy sweetness of an Aromastück concoction, prepared from rye&wheat, straight off the grinder stones. This comes together with oatmeal porridge, buttermilk and a dark wheat flour levain for a full spectrum of aroma/flavour. Hybrid leavened, 0.4% fresh yeast. 20% buttermilk.