1-2-3 Kamut Sourdough Take 2

Since I was focusing on baguettes this weekend, I decided to do a redo of the Kamut Sourdough from last weekend but slightly changed it by increasing the Kamut.

This makes 3 loaves. 

1. Build up to 450 grams of rye/unbleached flour levain in two stages over 24 hour. 

2. Dissolve all of levain in 900 g warm water and add 800 g unbleached flour, 300 g Kamut, 200 g whole grain whole wheat and 50 g dark rye. 

3. Let sit for one hour (Not a true autolyse) in a warm spot. 

4. Pinch and fold in 32 g sea salt. 

5. Do 4 sets of stretches and folds one half hour apart (Total 2 hours). Then let rise another hour until dough is billowy and bubbles appear on the edges. 

6. Divide and Pre-shape. I ended up preshaping twice as I was not happy with the first preshape done with the bench knife. Second preshape was the letter fold method. 

7. Let rest 20 minutes and shape again using Robertson's technique. Place in floured baskets seam side down and put baskets into plastic ziplock bags. 

8. Proof in fridge for 7.5 hours. 

9. Heat oven to 500F for at least 45 minutes with Dutch ovens inside. Take two loaves out of fridge and tip them out into your hand to keep the seam downwards when they end up in the Dutch oven. Place on counter dusted with cornmmeal, seam side down, and slash with razor blade. 

10. Drop/place gently in hot Dutch ovens that have been lined with a circle of parchment paper. (I am finding that I can reuse these time and time again). 

11. Bake covered 20 minutes at 500F, 10 minutes at 450F and then remove lid to reveal lovely oven spring! Bake another 15-18 minutes till desired darkness. 

12. Repeat from #9 on with third loaf. 

I usually let the loaves burst open at the seam by baking seam side up but because I had done a lot of rolling when I shaped the loaves, I wondered where they were going to burst so I decided at the last minute to score the loaves and bake them seam side down. The bonus is that I don't have a bunch of flour in the top of my loaf from the bottom of the basket, however, the negative is that I don't have those lovely basket marks. Oh well, you can't have everything!

These loaves are going to the soup kitchen so no crumb shot. Sorry!