20231018 Air Fried 100% whole-durum banana nut craisin bread with CLAS
Please see here and here to learn more about concentrated lactic acid sourdough (CLAS).
I've been mulling over what to do with that hefty 50-pound bag of durum berries I stowed away during the pandemic. Noodle-making was my go-to, but it became a chore after a while. I even considered buying a noodle machine for convenience: the kind that extrudes noodles once you add all the ingredients, but guess what? Nature stepped in and saved me the trouble—bugs invaded the bag, and that was it for my durum berries. Here's the final loaf I made totally clueless about those bugs:
Ingredients:
Pre-dough
Prepare a puree with
23% milk
46% overripe bananas
95% fresh whole durum flour ground in the Vitamix
5% whole durum flour from durum CLAS
7.5% water from durum CLAS
17% egg
0.2% gold yeast
mix until a moist dough forms; do not overmix
28C x 240mins using Zo's "Rise 1"
Dough
predough
0.5% gold yeast
1.5% salt
1.5% ground cinnamon
10% butter
mix until incorporated, then
38% toasted mix of
walnuts
hazelnuts
almonds
pecans
38% craisins
mix in extra banana-milk puree if needed
Total dough weight: ~750g
for a 19cm x 11cm x 8.5cm tin with a lid (holds 1000ml)
Bulk
using Zo's "Rise 3"
38C x 50mins
Shape
place the dough into the tin lined with parchment slings
smooth the top with a spatula (optional)
Prove
using Zo's "Rise 3"
38C x 40mins
Bake
using the 6Q Instant Vortex Clear Cook Air Fryer
line parchment paper on top of the dough
close the lid
375Fx10mins
350Fx15mins
flip
350Fx10mins
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Ithat I can bake two loaves in the air fryer at once whenever I feel like it.
Enjoy it the ball-law-yau style
I have another 100% durum bread, but this time it's made with refined, extra fancy durum flour.
Comments
Hi Yippee,
The slices are chock full of goodies. I bet they didn't last long!
Your loaf dough amount must have been perfect for the rise with the lid on your pan. No overflow at all! I never thought to use a Pre-dough/Rise with a banana bread. Does it differ in texture from the usual quick bread crumb? I have some cooked jujube paste (no sugar). Maybe I could try...??
Thank you for the precise measurements on the side by side pans that will fit in the air fryer and your method and timing on all parts of the process.
Clas recipes are really fun to get!!
Sorry to hear about the bugs infesting your huge bag of durum berries Yippie, that is such a pity. This loaf looks absolutely yummy though.
Benny
Hi Yippee,
I followed your instructions but used my jujube paste, but wasn't thinking of the difference in sugar content and stiffness in the 2 fruit purees.
Yipes I had to make a downstream correction!!
Well the loaf turned out actually-passably well. It gives me new ideas about having such a high % of fruit puree in a bread dough that goes through a 4 hr bulk. It was really interesting. How do you think up these things??!!