September 29, 2019 - 6:12am
Mind of Its Own Cornmeal Porridge & Onion Sourdough
I received requests for onion sourdough, so I decided to try a cornmeal porridge + onion loaf (similar to the porridge and shallot I made before, but different flours). I made two 900g loaves. The hydration including the porridge was very high, which made shaping difficult. I scored the loaves, but they ended up splitting open wherever they pleased! Yikes!
- 12% starter inoculation
- 73% hydration (excluding porridge)
- 2.2% salt
- 3 caramelized onions + one head roasted garlic
- I should have weighed the porridge, but it was 75g cornmeal cooked with 2.5 cups of liquid (milk and water)
| T85 | 48% |
| Spelt | 12% |
| Rye calc | 5% |
| Bread flour calc | 35% |
| Day 1 | 8:00 AM | Levain Build & make porridge | |
| 11:30 AM | Autolyse | ||
| 1:30 PM | 4 min mix of levain and autolyse | ||
| rest 15 minutes | |||
| 1:45 PM | Mix in salt and then 4 min mix of porridge | ||
| 2:15 PM | Coil fold on misted counter | ||
| 2:55 PM | Lamination on misted counter and add onions | ||
| 3:25 and 4pm coil folds | 2x coil folds | ||
| 6:40pm into fridge | pre-shape, 30 min wait, shape & fridge overnight | ||
| Day 2 | 6:10 AM | Bake |
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Comments
Ilene, the bread turned out great. I love the lacy crumb, perfect for spreading things one.
Benny
I've been happy with how my loaves have been coming out lately even though I have yet to bake an open crumb! I love these porridge breads, but definitely struggle with how much the porridge increases the hydration of the dough. I recently read somewhere to assume that the porridge will increase hydration by 10% so I am going to cutback the water some more next time.
Really great bake. The crumb is elegant and shows off your skill. One of the reasons I add my soakers during the mix is that I want to get an accurate feel for the hydration.
I think I'm going to try adding the soaker earlier next time. Also, I found that because of my 2 hour autolyse (and maybe because of the spelt) the dough was really extensible by the time I tried to add the cornmeal and it was pretty hard to incorporate.