In Love with Type 550
And just when I thought I have to settle with toying between bread and all purpose flour ratio, I, happened to find this fantastic German Bread Flour Type 550 the other day at one of the bakery ingredients supply shop.
I was hesitate to even buy it at first, let alone using it for my usual SD as I have a handful of local clientele who really enjoy my sourdough bread of late. Though, I had a couple of hiccups with my sluggish starter but I got that fixed in the end. That was actually a very good lesson to learn as I was keeping too much of starter (now you know why I called myself Frugal Baker?).
Fast forward to 3 weeks ago. As usual, I am my own guinea pig. I took the plunge of using this flour solely, without any other kind of flour and it paid off handsomely. Anyhow, was really glad that I followed my instinct and gave it a try. My bakes are coming out nice consistently, which is oh so important!
Baking bread is really rewarding and I am still learning something new, each and every time I bake :)
As usual, please feel free to comment. Thank you.
Crumb Shot
Happy Baking,
Sandy
Comments
Beautiful! Your crust looks perfect and that crumb is nice and open. What formula are you using to bake these?
Thank you so much of dropping by. I am currently baking Norwich SD....the rye version. Also, the Dutch Oven and razor blade really helped a lot.
Regards,
Sandy
Looks so good! Congratulations on this great find!
Really great looking. Has me curious about that flour!
a batard after my own heart, and stomach! Good scoring goes a long way. Great..., well, great everything!
alan
Pal,Edo and Alan. I have been researching for flour for quite a while now, for both knowledge and curiosity but living in Asia does pose a big challenge on acquiring a variety of ingredients. Though, it also brought out one's perserverance and determination as one have to make do with what is available locally, be creative and improvise whenever possible. I have had so many obstacles before I could bake like that but I must say most of the credits should go to TFL community. A big Thank You indeed.