It's been a while since my last post. The day job has been keeping me quite busy and I haven't had the bandwidth to bake bread as much as I would like. I'm baking every third weekend to keep the bread box full and the freezer stocked.
Was doing weekly grocery shopping and noticed some steel cut oats at a very reasonable price and since I was deciding what bread to make this weekend it was a natural.
150g steelcut oats
75g quinoa
200g milk
230g water
20g agave nectar
300g fresh ground white wheat flour 95% extraction
80g fresh ground spelt flour 95% extraction
20g amaranth
100g 100% hydration starter fed and active
10g salt
additional water
This is my BAGET ...
Recipe:
- 450 gr APF
- 50 gr Whole WF
- 325 gr Water (%65 Bakery percentage)
-100 gr Starter (%100 Hydration)
- 10 gr Salt
I based this loaf on Ken Forkish's 50% whole wheat bread with biga. Instead of 50% whole wheat I made this 40% whole wheat and 10% rye. The hydration is 80%.
I am very pleased with the result. A nice open crumb and light texture considering the high percentage of whole grain flours. I also love the deep color of the crust, which is shatteringly crisp.
Thanks to David for posting his take on this loaf. An amazing bread indeed. I happen to have a lot of durum flour so I did incorporate some into the formula David posted. I actually used it in 2 ways. My starter is fed only with durum and I added durum flour for 1/2 of the WW that David used. I also only had 9" pans. I was concerned as the bread volume didn't rise above the pans during the 4 hour rise...but whoa did it ever rise in the oven. I baked at 400 for 38 min to 205.
I've been lurking on this website for awhile, and decided it was finally time to woman-up and try some of the techniques that I've seen.
No, not a chilly winter, at least not here in Florida where it remains delightful through the winter months. But rather a chilly twist to my proofing stage. My kitchen runs warmer than many, and proving my baguettes can be a bit of a coin toss at times. Anywho, a few bakes ago, when I split my Field Blend #2 dough into a DO boule and two gros baguettes, I decided to retard the shaped baguettes in the refrigerator for the proofing step. Mr. Forkish suggests baking this dough, albeit as a DO boule, right out of the refrigerator, so who am I to disagree?
This is my Tartine "Basic Country Bread" with original recipe...
Recipe:
- 450 gr APF
- 50 gr Whole WF
- 375 gr Water (%75 Bakery percentage)
-100 gr Starter (%100 Hydration)
- 10 gr Salt
Whole water percentage is %77.2.. That is original recipe from the "Tartine Book"...
Last week it was so cold I spent a lot of time making kefir cheeses and web surfing. Found a site that used kefir as a sourdough starter so I decided to give it a try. Followed the starter directions and looked for a recipe online to make a loaf. Found a blog site that had pictures so I followed it. I produced two loaves - boules - that had some flavor but the texture was extremely lacking. I decided to pursue an actual sourdough starter and basic sourdough bread so I hit the library. I have a culture in progress and needed something to do while it mature
trying out my first loaf from hamelman's bread - whole wheat levain. Made some variations as I dont have a decent mixer and did 4 sets of stretch and folds within 2 hours and 15 minutes bulk rise. Added an autolyse of 1 hour too.