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    I used fresh milled and sifted durum flour for this bake.  My wife had made a big pot of rice with mushrooms that I've been eating all week as a side dish and I've been meaning to make a rice bread and also a mushroom bread, so here goes.

I did not use enough water in this bake and only had around 56% total hydration which ended up being way too low and caused the crumb to be very tight.  I have adjusted the formula to reflect what I should have used.

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Stumble across this site by accident and I had to register on this. The post's on the site is a world of knowledge for me as a home bread maker. I would like to say a BIG THANK YOU, to MIKE on his example and explanation on the WATER ROUX method posted on 23 Jun 2017 @ 08:45pm.

I was stuck at a point if I using 500g of bread flour in a recipe.... How much WATER ROUX do I have use in the bread and the example is well explained by MIKE.

I will surely use your guideline that you provided.. Thank you once again.

 Decided it was time to make a multigrain loaf. Sunday night grabbed starter from fridge and mixed up the levain. made up hot water soaker with salt and left on bench.

This is the same recipe as the Olive, Sun-dried Tomato, Feta without the add-ins. We needed some simple bread for sandwiches and I tested out my base recipe to see what came out of it without all the flavour enhancements that I usually put in. It came out delicious but the crust was a bit tough as I didn't add in any yogurt. If I had any doubts that 30-50 g of yogurt made much of a difference in the tenderness of the crust, well this certainly answered it. The yogurt is definitely needed!

So here is the base recipe:

It was time to do a repeat of this particular loaf. The recipe is very slightly tweaked from my original version.

1. Chop 100 g of Kalamata olives, 50 g of sun-dried tomatoes in oil and 100 g of feta. Add in 1/4 tsp of dried thyme and 2 tsps of dried oregano.

2. Autolyse all of the above with 705 g of water, 550 g of unbleached flour, 200 g of multigrain flour, 202 g of freshly milled Selkirk wheat flour and 50 g of freshly ground flax. Let sit for a couple of hours.

We just secured an apartment in Mexico, sight unseen. It's that cute! OK, we haven't seen it *in person* but we do have pictures. For example, the kitchen has a gas stove/oven with six burners. It's smaller than the typical American oven, so I think it will be more efficient. That, plus the mile-high altitude, should make for some interesting recipe adjustments.

But look at all the counter space!

This is an old type of bread which i found very hard to be manufactured today

This bread was made using lap method...

    I wanted to make a nice soft sandwich roll and had not used the Tangzhong method in a while.  This method never fails to deliver a soft tasty bun.  The addition of the potatoes and Greek yogurt along with caramelized onions put this one over the top.

For some of the rolls I added some shredded cheese on top and for the others some smoked sesame seeds were added.

The end result was a soft, flavorful roll perfect for a burger or sandwich.