Month: February 2022

the popular book

says to use wet hands instead

of well-floured ones

source

starter: 1/2 c wheat chef, 6 T room temperature water, 3/4 c white whole wheat flour; dough: 1.5 c white whole wheat flour, 7 T room temperature water; heaping t salt

stir starter ingredients, rest 8-12 hours; add dough ingredients, stir, rest 1 hour; fold in salt, rest 30 minutes; fold, rest 15-30 minutes, repeat (4 folds after salt fold); put in parchment-lined dutch oven with wet hands, don’t deflate, rest 15-30 minutes; slash 1/2 inch deep, put in cold oven, lid on, 485 F, 30 minutes; lid off, 10-15 minutes; on oven rack, 400 F, 10-30 minutes; finish crust in cooling oven; rests: covered, room temperature; folds: 8x, wet hands on moistened surface

the woodpeckers’ wives

resemble them more than the

wives of the grosbeaks

1 c wheat chef, 1/2 c melted coconut oil, 1 t sea salt, 1/2 c sugar, 2 c flour, 1/4 c diastatic malt powder, pinch cinnamon, 1/3 c warm water

knead to form ball; rest, covered, room temperature, 2 hours; place in parchment-lined cast-iron pot, slash top, rest, covered, warm place, 1 hour; top with more oil, salt, sugar; 425 F, 15 minutes, lid on; 35 minutes, lid off; 5 minutes on oven rack; turn off heat, rest on oven rack 10 minutes