This bread uses a soaker as well as a biga ( a pre fermented dough).The soaker consists ofwhole rye flour and some ww flour,salt and buttermilk. They are blended together ,covered and allowed to soak overnight.The biga is bread flour yeast and water, blended then kneaded to a smooth dough which is then placed in an oiled* bowl or zip bag to ferment in the fridge overnight, which develops flavors.
The following day the final dough is made using the soaker, the biga , rye flour, yeast,salt and molasses, honey and caraway seeds. it is kneaded then proofed for about an hour. It may be shaped into a sandwich loaf, batard, or boule. It is then allowed to rise not quite double in size (1+1/2), prior to baking either in a pan or free standing shape on a pan. I baked mine as a boule on the stone.
It looks great and I bet it tastes great too.
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Thanks Susie, i just edited the post... sad to say I actually skipped the second proofing...Huh?
ReplyDeleteTwo times proofing is new to me with baking from Peter's books.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to hear how it tastes. :)
Susie
Almost all bread is kneaded, allowed to double, shaped and then allowed to double, so it rises twice, once in the bowl once when shapped.
ReplyDeleteWell I've baked bread for years and always just put everything in the bread machine, took the dough out and put it in a bread tin to rise. Great bread but apparently there are reasons for the double rise.
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