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20231018 Air Fried 100% whole-durum banana nut craisin bread with CLAS

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Yippee

20231018 Air Fried 100% whole-durum banana nut craisin bread with CLAS

 

Please see here and here to learn more about concentrated lactic acid sourdough (CLAS). 

 

 

I've been mulling over what to do with that hefty 50-pound bag of durum berries I stowed away during the pandemic. Noodle-making was my go-to, but it became a chore after a while. I even considered buying a noodle machine for convenience: the kind that extrudes noodles once you add all the ingredients, but guess what? Nature stepped in and saved me the trouble—bugs invaded the bag, and that was it for my durum berries. Here's the final loaf I made totally clueless about those bugs:

 

 

 

Ingredients:

 

Pre-dough

Prepare a puree with

23% milk

46% overripe bananas

 

95% fresh whole durum flour ground in the Vitamix

5% whole durum flour from durum CLAS

7.5% water from durum CLAS

17% egg

0.2% gold yeast

 

mix until a moist dough forms; do not overmix

28C x 240mins using Zo's "Rise 1"

 

Dough

predough

➕

0.5% gold yeast

1.5% salt

1.5% ground cinnamon

10% butter

mix until incorporated, then 

➕

38% toasted mix of 

walnuts

hazelnuts

almonds

pecans

➕

38% craisins 

 

mix in extra banana-milk puree if needed

 

Total dough weight: ~750g

for a 19cm x 11cm x 8.5cm tin with a lid (holds 1000ml)

 

Bulk

using Zo's "Rise 3"

38C x 50mins

 

Shape

place the dough into the tin lined with parchment slings

smooth the top with a spatula (optional)

 

Prove

using Zo's "Rise 3"

38C x 40mins

 

Bake

using the 6Q Instant Vortex Clear Cook Air Fryer

line parchment paper on top of the dough

close the lid

 

375Fx10mins

350Fx15mins

flip

350Fx10mins

 

 

click to enlarge

 

 

 

 

 

 I🧡💛🩷that I can bake two loaves in the air fryer at once whenever I feel like it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy it the ball-law-yau style

 

I have another 100% durum bread, but this time it's made with refined, extra fancy durum flour.

 

Comments

jo_en's picture
jo_en

Hi Yippee,

The slices are chock full of goodies. I bet they didn't last long!

Your loaf dough amount must have been perfect for the rise with the lid on your pan. No overflow at all! I never thought to use a Pre-dough/Rise with a banana bread. Does it differ in texture from the usual quick bread crumb? I have some cooked jujube paste (no sugar). Maybe I could try...??

Thank you for the  precise measurements on the side by side pans that will fit in the air  fryer and your method and timing on all parts of the process.

Clas recipes are really fun to get!!

Benito's picture
Benito

Sorry to hear about the bugs infesting your huge bag of durum berries Yippie, that is such a pity.  This loaf looks absolutely yummy though.

Benny

jo_en's picture
jo_en

Hi Yippee, 

I followed your instructions but used my jujube paste, but wasn't thinking of the difference in sugar content and stiffness in the 2 fruit purees.

Yipes I had to make a downstream correction!!

Well the loaf turned out actually-passably well. It gives me new ideas about having such a high % of fruit puree in a bread dough that goes through a 4 hr bulk. It was really interesting. How do you think up these things??!!