October 10, 2020 - 6:09pm
Danni's wild rice & cranberry bread, as baguettes of course...
Danni's recent post of a SD wild rice and cranberry boule had me intrigued. However changes were in store.
- Subbed out the kamut & einkorn for semola rimacinata
- Dropped honey and yogurt, replaced by an equal amount of water.
- Dropped overall hydration to 75%.
- Added bassinage of 10% of the water after the 20 min autolyse. 5 min rest.
- 2 sets of 20 French Folds with a 5 min rest between.
- Letter Folds at 30, 60, 90 and 110 min. Rice and cranberries added at 2nd LF.
- Bulk ferment limited to 2 hours in my warm kitchen. Retarded overnight.
- Divide and shape in early AM, back to retard.
- Baked with steam at 460dF after ~14-16 hrs of retardation.
| Wild Rice Cranberry Levain | |||||||||
| Danni, mod by alfanso | |||||||||
| Total Flour | |||||||||
| Total Dough Weight (g) | 1250 | Prefermented | 15.00% | ||||||
| Total Formula | Levain | Final Dough | |||||||
| Ingredients | % | Grams | % | Grams | Ingredients | Grams | |||
| Total Flour | 100.00% | 634.7 | 100.00% | 95.2 | Final Flour | 539.5 | |||
| AP Flour | 73.20% | 464.6 | 100% | 95.2 | AP Flour | 369.4 | |||
| Durum | 26.80% | 170.1 | 0% | 0.0 | Durum | 170.1 | |||
| Water | 75.00% | 476.1 | 100% | 95.2 | Water | 380.8 | |||
| Salt | 1.96% | 12.4 | Salt | 12.4 | |||||
| Wild Rice | 6.65% | 42.2 | Wild Rice | 42.2 | |||||
| Dried Cranberries | 13.32% | 84.5 | Cranberries | 84.5 | |||||
| Starter | 3.00% | 19.0 | 20% | 19.0 | |||||
| Levain | 190.4 | ||||||||
| Totals | 196.93% | 1250.0 | 220% | 209.5 | 1250.0 | ||||
| Soak Wild Rice in Hot Water overnight. Cook & drain, add dried cranberries, refrigerate until mix time. | |||||||||
| Autolyse Water, Levain, Flours 20 min. Hold back 10% water for bassinage. | |||||||||
| Bassinage salted water. Incorporate, rest 5 min. | |||||||||
| 20-30 French Folds. Rest 5 min. 20-30 FFs. Into oiled tub. | |||||||||
| BF 2 Hrs. Incorporate rice and berries on 2nd Letter Fold. . | |||||||||
| LFs at 30, 60, 90, 110. 10 min rest. retard | |||||||||
| Retard 12-16 hrs. with divide and shape somewhere in that time. | |||||||||
| Preheat 475dF, Bake 460dF with steam for first 13 min. Then rotate to finish bake ~13 min more. Final 2 min venting. | |||||||||
I don't perceive any advantage to the wild rice save for the unique look it gives the bread. However, the cranberries add a more robust flavor and the bread is just perfect with a soft cheese.
4 folds is a bit much in my book, but I followed this aspect of Danni's post. On making this again, I'd increase the percent of durum, but tried to faithfully follow Danni's percentages here this time.
I find that dough laden with add-ins as this one is, mostly provide for a modest grigne and ear in baguette form. As this one is.
Thanks for posting this formula Danni - even if I ran off the rails on a few aspects.
420g x 3 long batards.
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Very nice Alan, you did still get great ears despite the inclusions. Cranberries are a nice inclusions for sourdough, I’ve never tried adding wild rice but have added koji rice porridge in the past. Good baguettes as always.
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thanks, alan
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I have been baking a cranberry walnut sourdough and it has become a family favourite. I see you are using dried cranberries have you thought of using fresh? I have been thinking of adding a little orange rind.
Cranberry and orange are excellent together, I have made cranberry orange meringue pie and it is delicious.
I've never baked with cranberries before, so this was my nascent bake. I also don't think that we ever bought fresh cranberries, although that could easily change! I like the idea of combining the fruit with the peel, so this may come up again soon on my baking Wheel of Fortune! I'm not sold on adding the wild rice again, but do love using pecans and toasted walnuts as my go-to nuts in breads - also toasted pine nuts and cranberries seems good too. And before I ever read your comment was already thinking along those lines.
thanks for the ideas, alan
This is a photo of my cranberry walnut, hope we have some left to make a turkey sandwich with tomorrow. We are baking cinnamon buns later and cream cheese is coming to room temperature for the icing.
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Looks great Gerhard and I bet it is really great as a turkey sandwich.
This is inspiring. Is the wild rice only there for the aesthetics? Thinking it might have improve the texture too.
only the aesthetics. Providing a lot of character to the look. But as I mentioned above, I don't perceive any flavor value or "bite". Texture is a hard one. I more enjoy the texture of breads free of inclusions, but to each his own. The cranberries pack a mighty punch though, their flavor is undeniable, and I like Gerhard's suggestion.
thanks, alan
I’ve added rice to many bakes and do find it adds much more than aesthetics. I find the texture to be impacted in a positive way and the flavor as well. I’m surprised you did not notice and distinct differences. The bread looks fantastic anyway but I know you are not a big fan of enrichments anyway ?. Now if we can get you to try a porridge bread I think the world might stop spinning!?
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I made a version of Maurizio's porridge bread a few times. Perhaps a rice that is incorporated into the dough as part of the mix rather than the "sticks" of wild rice here has some presence, but it didn't seem to carry over for me.
I've another version of this bread that had another thing or two fall "out of the cabinet" and into the mixing bowl.
thanks, alan