Inspiration
My wife saw Yippee's stunning kouglof and she asked me to bake one.
https://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/69728/20220117-le-cordon-bleu-lemony-kouglof-clas
Having no experience with this kind of bread, I chose a simpler instant-yeast-based version to see if I could pull it off.
Modifications
I modifed the recipe as follows
[UPDATE]
#1 Rugbrod by Jennifer Lapidus from Southern Ground
Reproducibility, my Chemist husbands says, is the key to a fine bake. This is definitely a winner. Did exactly what worked for the loaf I posted yesterday and darn if it didn’t work perfectly again! Who da thought ??
The loaf actually sang as it slid out of the pan. Fragrance is intoxicating. Serving it for my Chef son’s 47th birthday today!! Pictures later. Next up a German apple cake . c
I have a bucket of buckwheat groats that’s been sitting around for a bit. Time to use some up.
Recipe
Makes 3 loaves
Porridge
150 g buckwheat groats
400 g water
50 g honey
50 g butter
Dough
700 g strong bakers unbleached flour
200 g freshly milled whole grain Red Fife flour (200 g Red Fife berries)
100 g freshly milled whole grain Einkorn flour (100 g Einkorn berries)
675 g water
23 g salt
30 g yogurt
I’ve been gradually making adjustments to my formula and in this case I’ve increased the hydration via increasing the proportion of flour in the tangzhong from 5% to 7.5% keeping the ratio of flour to milk in this tangzhong to 1:5. The resulting dough is a bit stickier to work with, however, I’m hoping that the crumb will be even more soft and tender yet still shreddable. You probably have noticed that I love black sesame seeds so that was always going to be a good inclusion for this bread.
Jan. 21, 2022. 81st bake.
Talk about beautiful and easy ! I have another started as soon as I saw and smelled this one! It’s got RYW and white levain and rye levain . It’s got honey/EVVO/buttermilk in equal parts. It’s in my big Pullman . It’s almost hands free except dropping it into the rising bucket and then the buttered Pullman.
335g T65
335g Rouge de Bordeaux fresh milled
70g Semola Rimacinata
28g rye
150 YW
310 H2O
42g each honey/ EVOO/buttermilk
126g levain ( combo rye and white)
13 g salt
All set for the next two months (+-)
It's the 21st day of 2022, I hope everyone is doing great and keeping up with each resolution-.. I made one this year: I need to drink less coffee this year! I decided to revisit my old habits like making masala tea from scratch. Normally, we would use Assam, Ceylon or even Darjeeling but I've English breakfast for now. The very first loaf of sourdough I made this year only happened the day before yesterday, also thanks to masala tea.
