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This is the second time I've made these buns and they really are very tasty. I was so pleased with the first batch that I used exactly the same recipe second time around.

The recipe is courtesy of chef Rick Stein. I watched him make the buns in an episode of his recent Cornwall series. I more or less followed his recipe, but, as always, did a few tweaks:

For Ferment - Day 1

50g - Strong White Flour

25g - Rye Flour

40g - Dark Ale

Day 2

125g - Strong White Flour

25g - Rye Flour

50g - Dark Ale

50g - Warm Water

Day 3

100g - Strong White Flour

100g - Warm Water

5-10g - starter

Pane di Chiavari - from The Italian Baker, my latest from my world tour of bread. Excellent olive taste, soft crust and crumb.

Today I baked Debra Winks 100% Whole-Wheat Sandwich Bread from Hamelman’s Bread Edition 3. I never thought that 100% whole-wheat would produce such a soft and pleasantly tasty sandwich loaf. I milled the whole wheat yesterday, but I’m not sure of the protein level as Debra recommends about 14% protein. Debra also recommended some recent changes to the formula and process tweaks for the home baker that I adopted.

One of my favourite combinations on a pizza that I’ve made is the Speck, Parmigiana Reggiano, Peach and Arugula Sourdough Pizza.  Something about the salty speck and cheese, the sweetness of the peaches and peppery arugula is so delicious.

The recipe that follows was originally shared during the pizza community bake, I’ve made some edits so that it works better with my starter and oven.

For 4 9” pizzas NY style thin crust 200 g each

Levain Build 100% hydration 35 g needed

433 g bread flour

Followed this Rus Brot recipe for Palyanitsa, a traditional Ukrainian white bread, with CLAS: https://youtu.be/tpNqhC5s_Ck