Before cutting:
Slices:
My second attempt at 80% hydrated bread and this time I used some flour additives or baking aids or whatever you call them, to get to a higher protein percentage. Specifically (links are to the Danish site where I bought the stuff):
- 400g flour (12% protein)
- 25g gluten (81% protein)
- 25g dried soughdour for extra taste (13% protein)
- 15g baking enzymes for larger volume (30% protein)
That's a total dry mass of 465g, of which 76g is protein, so roughly 16% protein. With 80% hydration, that's then 372g of water. And then I added 15g of fresh yeast or something like that (not sure if fresh yeast should be counted as dry or wet ๐ค).
I think the bubbles are bigger this time than in my last attempt, so I guess the additives made a difference! :D
I still want to try using the additives for pizza dough, but that will wait a few weeks.
It looks like an English muffin inside, such porosity
Just begging for butter.
Or, hear me out, tuna/chicken/whatever salad. Something about cold tuna salad on a warm English muffin is bliss