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Bready is a community for anything related to making homemade bread!

Bloomers, loafs, flatbreads, rye breads, wheat breads, sourdough breads, yeast breads - all fermented breads are welcome! Vienesse pastries like croissants are also welcome because technically they're breads too.

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3/4 bread flour, 1/4 bolted flour with 1.1% ash 75% hydration, 12.5% fermented flour, 2% salt

Baked in a dutch oven with 30g ice at 450°F

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Ash literally refers to the weight of the mineral ash residue if the flour is completely burnt. Because mineral content is found mainly in the bran and germ, it’s a good proxy measure for how white or whole the flour is.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the explanation. What a strange way to measure things.