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A wonderful full-flavored rye with a hint of sweetness from the cherries, which were cooked in my mini crockpot overnight and puréed in my food processor. A very moist and moderately open crumb.

Made with fresh milled DanKo Rye and KAF High Gluten Flour. Mixed in my Ankarsrum and open-baked with steam.

This bake had 63% fresh milled flour, milled with my Mockmill 200. I sifted once with a #30 drum sieve and re-milled at the finest setting.

More in a few. Cheeses and pepperoni and charred red onion and Kalamata olives. Baby Bella’s . 

Today's bake:   Frisian Black Bread -  Fries Swartbrood (Holland)

Source:   The Rye Baker by Stanley Ginsberg

Notes: 

From  TDW: 1311gr - 1 Pan(s)   Pan Size: 9x4x4 In / 22.86x10.16x10.16 CM  
To  TDW: 2294gr - 2 Pan(s)   Pan Size: 7.88x4x4 In / 20x10.16x10.16 CM
 

Substitutions: 

9Jul

My Pullman was collecting dust, so I finally put it to work!

I used some fresh milled Rouge de Bordeaux whole wheat from Barton Springs Mill along with some fresh milled spelt. Both were sifted once with a #30 drum sieve and re-milled at the finest setting in my MockMill 200.

I wanted to make some soda bread but didn't have any buttermilk. There are recipes that use baking powder or cream of tartar/bicarb, but I got to thinking that lactic acid might be closer to acidic dairy flavours, so why not use some of that? - especially as I had a bag of it (food grade), bought for another project, but not yet used.

A bit of ChatGPT investigation suggested for every gram of baking soda, to use 0.65g lactic acid powder, so this was my recipe:

That’s how  I rolled yesterday. Outside then run in and do some turns. Me and the bread survived. 
 
600g flour ( Kamut 300g from Tom and 300g Stardust milled) 

300g water

13 g salt 

150 g Trinity ( EVOO, homemade yogurt, Date Nectar)

360g levain ( 100% hydration Arrowhead BF)

375° 25 min lid on/ 20 min lid off

Made everything from scratch—the turntable, the box, the ingredients… even the frosting and piping were my own.
This is only my second cake (the first was mango!), and while there’s still so much to learn, I’m thrilled to be baking again. Something new, something fun, something pretty.
Best part? I get to pack in as much fruit as I want. Honestly, that beats any fancy design on the outside.

4Jul

I made these a few weeks ago while I was waiting for my Mom to pass. I have spent the past month or so driving back and forth to the hospital and then her home, spending as much time with her as possible. She finally lost her battle with pancreatic cancer after battling it for over a year.