Saturday's bake: Sourdough with a bit o' rye
I've been playing with bwraith's no-knead sourdough formula and tried to adjust it for the vagaries of October in Wisconsin. I've landed on what seems to be a fine method (for October in Wisconsin).
With apologies to bwraith, whose baker blog I've been stalking, here's the formula I used:
50 g 100% hydration starter
320 g water
450 g flour (roughly 10% rye, 45% each AP and Dakota Maid bread flour)
9 g salt
I mixed Thursday night and let it bulk ferment until Friday morning, probably about eight hours. I stretched and folded twice before bed and once in the morning at no set interval. After stretching and folding Friday morning I put it into the refrigerator. Returning home after work (ten hours later) I took it out of the fridge, de-chilled, and formed into one boule and one (sort of) batard. A boule-tard. When I was about to pre-heat, my lovely missus suggested going out for dinner. Back into the fridge it all went.
Saturday morning, I preheated, slashed, and baked at about 500F on a pizza stone, under an upturned and preheated cast iron dutch oven. That's it. On a whim I grabbed a maple leaf for a try at stenciling. That became the gift loaf. The other was the workaday loaf that we're still enjoying. The flavor is great: chewy crust, springy crumb, ever-so-slight tang. Oven spring was out of control - - maybe more proofing time instead of just popping from the fridge into the oven?
Comments
Gorgeous looking loaves!
Sylvia
There's not too much oven spring. These loaves look perfect! The long rising time really paid off.
Best. Bread name. Ever.
Welcome to TFL, too!
Wow, Nice bold looking bread!! That is awesome!
Akiko