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Flaxseed Sourdough Bread

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flaxseed sourdough bread

It was more or less a "freestyle" recipe, a spontaneous decision to bake with flaxseeds.

80% white flour

5% spelt flour

15% whole wheat flour

25% whole rye sourdough

100% hydration

15% flaxseeds (soaked in the water the night before)

The flaxseeds are pretty "thirsty", the dough felt more like 70%-75% hydration

 

Positives and Negatives!

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Well I’m impressed that it’s not a disaster and I learned a LOT along the way. 

Never change too many things with a bake at once. CHECK! ( ignored)

Never try to multitask to the point of complete forgetfulness. CHECK! ( ignored) 

Be grateful that even though everything went awry the bread is wonderful . CHECK!!!!

Enriched true-sourdough trial #1: 'roti gambang' 50% hydration brioche (cinnamon, dried bananas, palm sugar)

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This is my very first true sourdough enriched bread ever HAHAHAHA (can't you tell how ecstatic I am? Oh, and not counting my potato loaves). It was a lot of trials and errors with my starter and fermentation schedule. Oh boy, glad I'm finally here.

Cariah Marey has settled on satisfactory ratio. She is 1:1:1:1 bran:skim-milk-powder:water:butter at the moment. Skim milk lends lactose to increase osmotic pressure, while butter is there as ankle weight. She had little tolerance toward butter. Putting butter in the starter allows her to adapt over time, and she already has.