Bread Blog

Mid-November Lunch Bread

November 13, 2018

The crust of the bread

The crumb of the bread

Ingredients

Levain (makes 400 grams)

Ingredient Quantity
Starter (from fridge) 1 table spoon
Water 200
Wholemeal flour 100
White bread flour 100

Dough (makes 3 loaves)

Ingredient Quantity (g) Baker’s Percentage (%)
Levain 300 20
Water 1,125 75
Wholemeal flour 300 20
White bread flour 1,200 80
Salt 30 2

Timings

Step Time
Autolyse 35 mins
Bulk rise 14 hours
Proof 8–9 hours
Bake 40 mins

Notes

  1. Levain did not float
  2. Good crust
  3. Crumb could be better. Maybe, caused by the non-floating levain?

Kyle Mathews

Written by Daniel Apt, who likes design, code and bread.
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