October 14, 2022 - 6:02pm
Color specification of non-diastatic malt?
Is there a color specification for common non-diastatic malt powder? I'm curious if there is a specification similar to that used in brewing.
I ground up crystal barley malt to use in a rye bread, but wanted to try a dark malt flour that did not contain the ground up husks.
Also, I know there are other commercially produced color malt flours for baking, but they do not seem to be available to home bakers in North America.
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From homebrew stores. You can buy all sorts of malts from them. Just because they aren't sold as bread ingredients doesn't mean they aren't available.
Barley malt is most often used in baking and comes in the form of a syrup. That should be very easy to find especially in health food stores and places like Wholefoods. Other then that diastatic malt is used and while a bit more difficult to find it shouldn't be too much of an issue. Perhaps look on-line.
You aren't limited to barley malt syrup and diastatic malt. While those two are considered "baking malts" you can experiment with any malt you find.
I wanted wheat malt, and even though it is available at brew shops online, I found it easier to just make it myself. A quart jar full will last a while baking.
‘As far as I know, brewing malts are what most home bakers look to for malts,
And I have a bag of wheat berries that i'm planning on malting soon. Might do a bit extra this time. Turn half into diastatic malt and roast the other half to make a non diastatic malt with flavour.
Thanks for the response. I have several malts (barley, wheat, and rye) from the homebrew store. What I want is a dehusked malt, or especially, a malt flour for use in bread.
The husks on barley are said to contain more tannins that can impart a bitter flavor. Non-diastatic malt flour or powder is available, but I don't know the color level of it. It may be too light for use in Malfabrot.
BakeryBits in the UK sells several malt products that I would be interested in using:
https://www.bakerybits.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?q=malt+
They ship to the USA but shipping costs are prohibitive (≈£30 for 3 kg of product). These products are also sold by Muntons, Briess, and Lallemande, but are not available to home bakers in North America.
https://www.brewingwithbriess.com/products/bitterless-black-malts/
Rich in colour, a more mild flavour and no bitter aftertaste.
Briess and others do sell debittered (dehusked or huskless) balck malts, but they would be too dark for Malfabrot. I can get the CARAFA Special malts, but even they may be too dark. I'm looking for ≈200° L (270 SRM or 530 EBC) in a dehusked or huskless malt..