Hello
I'm new to spiral mixers. First test run with the sunmix:
room temp 19c
15% bread flour, new flour to me never used it before
1kg flour, 550g water, bassinage tried to get to 700 but did not make it all the way
23g salt
pinch of idy near end of mixing
45 minute autolyse with the 500-550g water at 500 rpm 3 minutes, then covered bowl
after the autolyse and started mixing at low, the dough came together pretty well. pumpkin was beginning to form. i started bassinage slow, pumpkin reformed.
Then the problems....
each successive water addition created more and more problems, sticky dough, dough riding up hook, dough ball split into one small piece that kept rotating and not combining with the larger mass. large mass of dough wrapped around hook. i probed temp at 23c, it rose from there i think to 25/26 by the very end. most of the way i had speed at 70, raised to 100/120 a few times.
after 25 minutes i started adding flour to try to get rid of the stickiness, helped a bit but not enough. gave up at around this time.
it was a bit difficult getting all the dough out as it was still sticky.
cleaning was huge pita
room temp overnight proof in closed oven
dough rose crazily high, most i've ever seen, however not sure it was overproofed since the flour is so strong. will know soon enough
and the dough actually is quite nice, holds shape, but i lost a lot of the volume during pre-shape
my suspicions
- new dough, needs a very long autolyse, 45 minutes did not cut it.
- temps got too high during mixing
- maybe should have done another long rest in the middle of mixing to help hydrate
i think i will retry similar procedure with flours i've worked with before but longer autolyse and much lower water dosing during bassinage and only add more if there is a good pumpkin. i probably added too much too soon at some points before the pumpkin was formed well.
will try weaker flour
colder water from fridge, not tap
ice cubes ok? or will destroy
also want to try 100% whole wheat but i'm a bit nervous to create another cleaning disaster.
thx in advance