January 20, 2014 - 7:02am
Tartine 70% WW x 4
Howdy! First time trying the Tartine 70% whole wheat loaves. Refreshed my starter Friday night, made the leaven Saturday morning. Saturday afternoon I decided why not use all the leaven and double the recipe? So I used 1400g ww and 600g ap, 1600g 75F water, 400g leaven, 40g salt. I gave it a 1 hr autolyse, then added salt and 25g more water. Dough was already feeling fairly together, as though it had already undergone several stretch and folds. I took it through 5 S&Fs over a few hours, keeping the dough between 76F and 72F, then retarded for 12 hrs unshaped. In the morning I divided the dough into quarters, then because the dough was so stiff I shaped it with turn and drags instead of folding it in thirds and then turn and drags. The skin was pretty taut, and I let the boules rest on my board for 20 minutes before placing them in bowls and a banneton. They hardly spread at all. I placed two back in the refrigerator and took them out an hour and two hours later. Loaf 1 I proofed in the oven with the light on to speed up proofing - it took 3 hours. Loaf 2 I left at room temperature 68F for 4 hours, and Loaves 3&4 at room temp for 4.
When I scored the loaves they seemed perfectly proofed - nice clean cuts with no outrageous oven springs. I baked at 475 for 20 then 475 with no lid for 20 or 25 more. They registered around 210F - I was reluctant to keep taking them in and out and my thermometer takes 30 seconds each time, but maybe I should've baked a bit longer. Loaf 1 is pictured above and is a bit moist in the center but nicely baked everywhere else. Loaves 2 & 3 I'm giving away uncut. Hoping Loaf 4 looks as good inside.
awful good and baking them to 210 F will distribute the moisture around the inside better after a few hours. Tartine is all the rage and loaves iike these must be why!
Happy Baking PF
Thanks! I'm a little astonished with how well theyve been turning out. It's the very top that's a bit moist still. I wonder if partly that's because it's the furthest from the walls of the Dutch oven.