Buckwheat Levain From "Local Breads" - plus some buckwheat noodle
Thank goodness for TFL, and good thing I did a search here before making this formula (I always do that with this book, just too many errors). The starter amount is wrong in the book, should be 75g rather than 300g. With that corrected, the process was pretty painless.
I was careful not to overproof since the dough has quite a bit of gluten-less buckwheat flour in it, and it's hot hot hot here in Dallas. Nice open scoring marks with good volume.
Crumb is more open than I expected, especially with all that kneading. I love the nutty taste of buckwheat, crumb is chewy, crust is crisp, very fragrant.
It's a bread I will definitely make this bread again.
I finally bought a hand cranked old fashion pasta roller, made buckwheat noodles! Told ya I love buckwheat.
Took a few tries to get it right, but it worked once I figured out the appropriate recipe. It's from my Cooks Illustrated Pasta and Noodle book, but here's an online version that's similar: http://blackberrypockets.blogspot.com/2008/02/buckwheat-noodles.html
A nice light dinner.
Comments
Txfarmer these look delicious!
I have tried myself to bake Leader's buckwheat levain but the starter was too dry- I mean like crumbling in my hands and it didn;t turn out well. You did an exelent job!
BW,
Jonathan
Did you adjust the levain according to your starter hydration? For my 100% starter, I used 65g starter, 10g more water, after that the levain was indeed pretty dry, not the "smooth pasty dough" in the book. It does stay together though.
txfarmer,
Your bread looks wonderful. Considering the written recipes in that book, you did a great job.
The noodles and soup are very life like. Excellent composition and lighting. Your graduation certificate is in the mail.:>)
Eric
So where do I register for the advanced class? :P
Is there an accurate formula for this bread on TFL? I don't have the book, but I do have some buckwheat flour, some of which is intended for blinis. Any other ideas besides pancakes for using the balance would be welcomed also.