Been baking since March and have had relatively inconsistent results, and finally found a recipe and process that's working for me. Missing trick was the fermentolyse, ever since I've implemented that it's been plain sailing.
Recipe:
50:50 rye + white bread flour starter – 200g
strong white bread flour (14% protein) – 500g
Water – 290g (65% hydration total)
Salt – 18g (touch under 2%)
Process:
- Levain made in the morning from starter, kept out on side ~8hours covered
- Come home from work, fermentolyse. Flour, water and starter mixed very loosely, left 1 hour
- Stand mix with dough hook 3/4mins until well combined, salt gets added during this process
- 15mins rest, 1 set of hand stretch and folds, shape into ball and bulk ferment in oven at 30°C (defrost setting) for 2 hours
- Shape into loaves, place into rice flour dusted banneton(s)
- Cold proof overnight (~8 to 10 hours depending on wakeup time)
- Score, spritz, dutch oven, bake at 250°C for 25-30mins covered (time depending on size)
- Lid off, bake 10 to 20mins depending on colour.
The loaves shown are mini 500g loaves, then spent 25mins covered, 10 uncovered in the oven, for reference.
by m3tolli
3 Comments
Any tips on how to get a crust that beautiful? Mine just isn’t it at the moment.
It’s just about perfect for any dish. Excellent!
Those are beautiful!