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So happy by how this batch turned out! I've made above 20 batches of hand-laminated pain Suisse up to this point, and this is my absolute best so far!

This batch was the tidiest pain Suisse dough I've ever worked with. Usually laminating pain Suisse means greasy working table (the stripes leave butter 'fingerprints' on the table). It wasn't as messy.

Change log:

Well I won’t do it again. It stuck a bit in the pan, I believe that’s due to the lack of moisture as I used the same amount of butter as always. I also like the really square shape with the top in place and the texture and color of the top crust with the lid. 

The crumb might be a tiny bit more open but not enough to make a difference. 

I used the same exact ingredients as the most recent bake before this but I decreased the Arrowhead Mills bread flour to 100g and increased the Spelt to 200g. 

My husband prefers this to my sandwich loaf, so guess I'll be making it more often. Basic recipe is from The Bread Baker's Apprentice, with modifications by Antilope (16th post). I like her recipe, but started making Reinhart's, by mistake. When I realized, I switched to hers, so this recipe is a modification of an adaptation. A Peter Antilope. Anyway, it's very good tasting. I have never tried the Dutch crunch, but would like to.

Today's bake: SD Discard - English Muffin Toasting Bread

Source: King Arthur Baking - https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/blog/2021/06/09/toasting-bread-with-sourdough-starter-discard

Notes: None
Substitutions: 

I've done levain in stages to build flavour and gone up to 70% PFF in a previous rye loaf, so I thought why not try out a two-stage biga, go up to 80% PFF, and skip bulk fermentation since there should already be so much flavour?

This ended up being a 40% teff-rye loaf at 70% hydration. 

This is my first practice batch for my second viennoiserie product, coconut glazed black rice pain Suisse. It's basically croissant dough, with pattern made out of sliced dough. It's bicolor dough, the second dough is black rice dough. Instead of taking bit of main dough and knead it with rice flour like my previous chocolate croissants, I made a whole new dough, just because I hate kneading lol.

These are made with a poolish, but no overnight fridge. From Ahead of Thyme.

Prompted by Debra Wink's blog entry  about chocolate & egg white (which looks delicious), I'm posting a similar, yet dissimilar, treat that shows the versatility of eggs. This prize-winning recipe was created in 1986 by Barbara Feldman Morse and is called San Francisco Fudge Foggies. Here's an online recipe. I used the microwave instead of double-boiler, salted butter instead of unsalted, and no nuts.

This flourless chocolate cake by Alice Medrich (Sinfully Easy Delicious Desserts) is another great use for all those egg whites leftover from baking panettone or colomba de pasqua this time of year. Unlike other flourless chocolate cakes, this one is lots of tiny bits of chocolate and walnuts suspended in a meringue. It's not a looker, but if you appreciate melty, gooey chocolate you'll be happy to look past that. Use a chocolate you really like since that will be the star.

     100 gm walnut pieces (1 cup)