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3 loaves

Sponge

512 gram AP

608 gram water

68 gram honey

4.5 gram active dry yeast (1 tspn)

-combine all until very smooth

-ferment 1 hour at room temp, 8 to 24 chilled.

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Hamelman's Pain Rustique modified a bit.

One 700GM loaf

Overall Formula:

AP Flour 95% - 383GM

WW Flour 5% - 20GM

Water 71% - 286GM

Salt  2% - 8GM

Yeast (Active Dry) 0.6% - 2.4GM

TOTAL YIELD 173.6% (4.033)

 Poolish: (50%)

AP Flour 100% - 202GM

Water 100% - 202GM

Yeast - Spec (<1/8 tspn)

Final Dough

AP Flour - 181GM

WW Flour - 20GM

Water - 84GM

Salt - 8GM

Yeast - 2GM (1/2 tspn)

Poolish: 2 hours at room temp + 13-16 hours chilled + 1 hour room temp.

(Ok, I ended up fermenting about 2 hours at room temp, 20 hours chilled, 18 hours at room temp, and another 5 hours in fridge. The 18 hours at room temp was definately too much, as when I retrieved the poolish for mixing after the final period in the fridge, it had receded about an inch from its high point. Of course, this was unintentional as I meant to put it back in the fridge earlier. 

Calculate water temp (desired dough temp 76F)

76 x 4 = 304 / Room - flour - poolish - mixer (18F?) = water

(I never did calculate for temp, but the final dough came out to be about 80F, which was fine)

Mix: Do not add yeast or salt/Mix to incorporate ingredients(final flour and water + poolish)

(reserve few grams of water and soak yeast)

Autolyse 20 - 30 minutes

Mix: Add salt and yeast/mix 2nd speed (Bosch compact)

Mix 3-4 minutes(till supple and moderately loose... hmmm)

Bulk Fermentation - 70 minutes (one fold after 25)

I gave it another fold after the 70 minutes and placed the dough good side up in in about a 6 quart aluminum pot with lid (a bit too large perhaps)

I let it rise for 90 minutes in the pot and then used a scissors to score it. 

I then baked it, covered in the pot, for 35 minutes at 460F. I started in a cold oven, no preheating.

After 35 minutes, I removed the cover, and continued to bake another 15 minutes at 460.

(90 minutes was too long for final proof. I got very little oven spring and cuts did not open well.)

At the end of the baking, I took bread temp and measured at 215F. I will not bake as long next time.

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