Mixture

44%
44%
12%
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After reading Michael Pollan's "Cooked" I decided I wanted to make slow fermented, (largely) whole grain, sourdough bread.

Characteristics

The starter keeps well in the refrigerator and adds a nice touch of rye to wheat breads (of course it also serves well in rye breads).

Taste & flavour

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Recipe

Starting ingredients

  • 12% Starter
  • 44% Water
  • 44% Rye flour

Feeding ingredients

1
As above, add equal parts water and rye flour to starter, let ferment for a few hours, then refrigerate.

Working method

1
Add filtered water and rye flour to starter.
12% Starter 44% Water 44% Rye flour
2
Let ferment for at least 4 hours or overnight.
3
Refrigerate.
4
Refresh when quantity gets low or starter starts seeming too old.

Result

French Country Multigrain

Formula published in Marc Levy, "French Country Bread", Bread Lines, Vol. 23, Issue 4, Winter 2015, p. 25.
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Kamut Sourdough

Original formula from Josey Baker, Josey Baker Bread. 100% freshly milled Kamut at 80% hydration.
Barb Kamut Sourdough first overview
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GOST Borodinsky

From Stanley Ginsberg, The Rye Baker.
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Comments

Now I'm making exclusively fresh milled, 100% whole grain breads alternating between wheat and rye.