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Pullman Sandwich loaf with 16% lupin flour

Date Baked: 16th April 2023. 

Tangzong method adopted (5% bread flour)

Weight against Volume

I mixed 1000-gram dough @ 60% hydration. The dough was very tight, and I should have added extra water but didn’t. It became more pliable and softer during the bulk fermentation and shaping.

 I’ve made bread with carrots before and I loved the extra sweetness it provides.  Previously I have roasted them and cut them into little pieces to add to the dough.  I decided to puree them in the mini-food processor this time.  I had seen a video on FB of a professional baker who juiced the carrots and added the carrot juice in place of the water so I wanted to try and get the carrots as liquid as I could.  They were not really like carrot juice but the pureed version did add nice purple striations to the dough.

Today's bake: Ploughman's Loaf

Source: Sourdough Recipes for Rustic Fermented Breads, Sweets, Savories, and More - Sarah Owens

Note: Increased TDW from 1.323kg to 2.0kg

Discussion:

The left loaf was baked in the Challenger bread pan, the right loaf on a baking steel.

This is my first attempt baking this bread and found the dough to be somewhat sticky and loose.

been a while since I posted anything. Been baking about 1 loaf a week of various breads but this is my new go to for weekly sandwich bread.

Final dough:

AP Flour (Shepherds Grain low gluten)           250g

Semolina (Bob's Red Mill)                                250g

Today's bake: The "Juicy One" - Das Saftige (Germany)

Source: theryebaker.com/das-saftige/  by Stanley Ginsberg

Note: Pullman loaf size -  9″x4″x4″/23x10x10 cm . Molasses for Beet syrup due to availability

Discussion:

This loaf was baked in a Paderno 15-3/4 x 4 x 4" Bread Pan with an attempt at a 'reducer' to make the dough area 9x4x4" shown below.

Tried the Brioches Pain Aux Raisins- beautiful 

A bake with lupin flour and Lupin flakes, this time i did the bake as an instant dough, no bulk fermentation which is achieved by using Wallaby bread Improver at the rate of 1% . I had previously prepared the lupin flour in the same way as The Tangzhong which was to use the ratio of 5 : 1 that is 250 water to 50 grams of Lupin Flour The lupins do not have the starch that wheat flour has so there was no great thickening into a paste but it did resemble runny custard in colour and consistency.

last week i had a chance meeting with David from The Lupin Co at a Bee Buddy meeting in Fremantle when David spoke about using Lupin flour as a supplementary bee food and making bee patties for over wintering bees. I have since had a meeting with David and will be assisting on helping develop some bread formulas for the home bread baker. i will be doing a number of bakes and increasing the Lupin flour content . i have had my first bake where i followed a recipe as written by a baker that was assisting David but unfortunately died suddenly.

For our final dinner party we are hosting down here in Florida I wanted to make pulled pork sandwiches so I needed to have a large enough bun that while soft would hold up to the sauce, pulled pork and roasted pineapple.  So I decided that increasing the whole wheat would make the bun a bit firmer while the addition of the sweet potato would enhance the flavour.  I unfortunately didn’t get photos of the sandwiches, however, I do have some pulled pork and buns leftover so I’ll try to remember to take some photos of the assembled sandwiches.

OK last dinner party of the Fort Lauderdale season for us as hosts.  One last pie that I’m making here in Fort Lauderdale until next visit whenever that is.  I loved the simplicity of the lime coconut pie but wanted to make it with the Ritz Cracker crust for a bit of saltiness to contrast the lime coconut flavor.  Also with the Ritz Cracker crust instead of the graham cracker crust I can control the amount of sugar and reduce it which is better in my mind.  I do find the graham crackers down here are very sweet so the crust turns out too sweet for me.