Eric Kayser videos

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PiPs on 4 Mar 2013 at 02:00

Hi everyone,

I was sent a couple of Eric Kayser videos that I think people will find pretty interesting ... enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRc9O6Fg-QI

http://lifestyle.publico.pt/gastronomia/296146_o-croissant-de-eric-kayser

Cheers,
Phil

he used both yeast and levain but didn't state the amount of instant yeast or the hydration of the levain.

In the second croissant video he didn.t say how much unsalted butter he used.

I'm guessing the levain was 140% hydration based on the pouring - which would give him exactly 75% hydration for the dough but have no idea how much instant yeast he used but it looked like a lot.  Does anyone know?

It looked like a kilo of butter but does anyone know?

Thanking you in advance

 

I thought that was the amount he would use if there was no levain involved - my bad.  So .5% instant yeast with 400 g of levain. 

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ninofiol on 4 Mar 2013 at 12:15

Thanks for sharing  PiPs, Kayser's are my favorite baguettes to bake so it was a treat seeing him demonstrating his technique.

Wow, if that's a "shop", I'd like to see a factory. What an operation. 

And I was surprised at how young he is. For someone whose name I've heard as much as his, I expected more of an 'old pro'. 

And finally, yes dab that's some liquidy levain. 140% seems about right. Higher than anything I've ever used.  Pourable -- that's handy!

Tom

seem to like their baguettes with as little sour as possible with a thin crust -  thus the liquid levin and the yeast - to get the holes.  I was also amazed he was so young .... but everyone seems so young to me the older I get :-)

Thanks for sharing! It hasinspired me to try croissants, he makes it look so easy . . .  b