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32nd bake. 01/18/2021. Hot soaker. Best so far.

idaveindy's picture
idaveindy

32nd bake. 01/18/2021. Hot soaker. Best so far.

Jan. 18, 2021.

The goals here are to continue to tweak bakes 30 and 31, soften the add-ins with a warm soaker, weigh more/all of the ingredients, and increase the total dough weight to better fit the 9" inner diameter lid of the combo cooker.

415 g total, Bob's Red Mill stone ground whole wheat.

189 g total King Arthur Bread flour: 34 in the starter, 155 in the final dough.

Total flour, not counting addins: 604 g.

% Whole wheat: 415 / 604 = 68.7%.

614 g total water: 191 g in warm soaker, 34 g in starter, 389 in final dough.

Hydration: 614 / 604 = 101.6 % of flour only.

Hydration: 614 / (604 + 59.9 + 10.7) = 614 / 674.6 = 91.0%, including soaker and dry milk.

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soaker:  (took volume measures and then weighed them)

2 tsp poppy seeds, 5.1 g.

2 tbsp + 1 tsp chia seeds, 23.3 g.

2 tbsp + 1 tsp ground flaxseed, 14.6 g.

2 tbsp + 1 tsp quick oats, 13.4 g.

1.5 tsp whole caraway seeds, 3.5 g.

Total dry ingredients in soaker: 59.9 g.

191 g water.

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Starter/levain: 68 g of 100% hydration, 2-3 days since fed, made/fed with KA bread flour.

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final dough: 

415 g Bob's Red Mill stone ground whole wheat.

389 g water.

12.0 g Extra virgin olive oil.

1/8 tsp instant dry yeast.

1.5 tsp salt, 10.3 g.

1.5 tsp ground toasted bread spice: sesame seeds, coriander, caraway, fennel. 2.9 g.

2 tbsp + 1 tsp fat-free instant dry milk, Kroger brand, 10.7 grams.

all the soaker.

68 g starter.

155 g King Arthur Bread flour.

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??:?? - I forgot when I started mixing.

12:00 noon, approximately, the starter and yeast were mixed into the dough.

12:10 pm - finished mixing all ingredients and immediately did a stretch-and-fold.

12:55 pm - stretch-and-fold.

1:45 pm - stretch-and-fold.

2:25 pm - stretch-and-fold.

3:15 pm - stretch-and-fold.

4:00 pm - 4:05 pm - folded shaped and put in lined and dusted (50/50 rice flour/bread flour) 9" i.d. banneton.

[ 4 hours bulk ferment]

1257 g final dough weight as it went into banneton.  Lost about 60 grams due to dough sticking to bowl, and sticking to hand when doing stretch-and-folds.

4:40 pm - started pre-heating the oven, 495* / 470 F.

4:49 pm - put banneton in fridge.  [ 49 minutes room temp proof]

5:30 pm - start bake.  [ 41 minutes proof in fridge.]  [ 90 minutes total proof time]

5:30 to 5:45 pm - bake covered, 15 minutes, at 475 / 450 F.

5:45 to 6:00 pm - bake covered, 15 minutes, at 455 / 430 F.

6:00 pm - Uncovered, good oven spring and separation at score lines.

6:00 to 6:10 pm - bake uncovered, 10 minutes, at 425 / 400 F.

6:10 to  6:20 pm - bake uncovered, 10 minutes, at 415 / 390 F.

* 1st number is oven thermostat setting, 2nd number is a cheap thermometer reading.

Total bake time: 50 minutes.

6:21 pm - internal temp reads 208.8 F on a probe thermometer.

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You can tell the scoring wasn't consistent. I like the results of the deeper scores better.  Paper plate is 9" in diameter.  

I found a large plastic food bag, so I'm going to wait 2 hours for it to cool, put it in the bag to soften the crust, and (hopefully) wait until tomorrow noon to cut it open.

Top view:

45 degree view:

Side view:

Crumb:

Comments

idaveindy's picture
idaveindy

It cooled 2 hours at room temperature, then 11 more hours in a plastic bag.

The crust became soft and chewy.  The crumb is a tad moist, but still acceptable. Probably need to dial back hydration less than 15 grams of water.

The tenderness of the crumb is superb.  There is a slight chew to the chia seeds and/or poppy seeds, but they are not crunchy.  Oats are not detectable.

The warm soaker did the trick.

There is just a hint of the whole caraway and bread spice.

I haven't toasted any yet, but it tastes good dipped in E.V. olive oil.

Benito's picture
Benito

Good looking loaf and nice process for softening the crust Dave.  Nice to see you getting closer to your target.