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for World bread day (a bit late though)

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leslieruf

for World bread day (a bit late though)

this started off as a simple 1:2:3 sourdough And I fiddled with the flours and came up with something resembling Forkish's Field blend #2 quite unintentionally. then I started weighing the flours and found I didn't have what I wanted. ended up with

higrade flour 66%

rye  flour 20%

wholewheat flour 5% (all I had)

potato flour 8% 

salt 2%

Autoysed 1 hour, 4 slap and folds at 45 minute intervals then bulk ferment 30 minutes on bench and cold 3.5 hours as I had to go out. Warmed up for 30 minutes, divided and preshaped and rested for 10 minutes. Final shaping followed by room temperature proof of 2.5 - 3 hours.  Baked for 17 minutes at 240°c in DO lid on, 20 minutes lid off.  

Proofing went a bit quicker than I thought and batard was ok but the boule was almost too big for the smaller pot I used as a DO.  As it went into the pot it caught on the top and you can see the slight malformation on 2 sides of the boule.  LOL ....I should have brushed some of the flour off I think.  Oh well, have to wait till its cold to see how the crumb has turned out!

 

 

 

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tptak's picture
tptak
leslieruf's picture
leslieruf

thanks tptak.

dabrownman's picture
dabrownman

indeed.  Hearty and healthy too.  

Well done and happy baking

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Ru007

Nice bake. 

I like the improvisation. I'm sure it'll taste great.

Happy baking :)

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leslieruf

dabrownman, cedar mountain, and Ru.

the crust was quite thin and the crumb really soft and fluffy.  yes, I was quite happy as I was worried about the effect of the potato flour, but all good. :)

Roll on 17th November

Leslie

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PalwithnoovenP

The crust looks so crackly! It' a real celebration bread.

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leslieruf

it is always good when something different works - just as your latest bake did, that was amazing!

Leslie