Perfect sourdough

Mixture

75%
25%
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Since 2010

When I started to change my diet to vegan, I thought bread would be a convenient food for a vegan who travel around for work.

Characteristics

It's 6years old, brown color and liquid. Its smell slightly tangy and wheat. After feeding, it reaches peak within 4 hours and able to hold another 4- 6 hours before it collapses, it able to be kept in fridge for 16days and kick start to bake with 1feeding, behaviour is like a marathon runner, sometimes it's slow and steady, sometimes it speeds up and raise the dough very fast and over ferment.

Taste & flavour

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Recipe

Starting ingredients

  • 50% Organic wholemeal flour
  • 50% Organic bread flour
  • 100% Enzyme water from soaking wheat berries

Feeding ingredients

  • 50% Organic wholemeal flour
  • 50% Organic white flour
  • 100% Water
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1. As a homebaker, I keep my starter very minimum amount which only 30g. 2. Before baking 4 to 6 hours, I feed the starter with ratio of starter:water:flour , 30g : 100g : 100g. I will use 200g in baking and keep the balance into fridge again. 3. I feed the starter only with organic flour, 50% of wholewheat and white, and cold water from fridge (due to hot temperature in Malaysia).
50% Organic wholemeal flour 50% Organic white flour 100% Water

Working method

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I soak 1/4cup of wheat berries with a cup of water, sit in room temperature 24hours and use the water to mix into the starter. This water, I call it "enzyme water" or in Chinese is 回春水 (spring water) only needed for first 5to 7 days, after that I feed the starter with just water. I use the yeast water because the imported flours here are aged and less enzymes activity.
50% Organic wholemeal flour 50% Organic bread flour 100% Enzyme water from soaking wheat berries

Result

Steamed buns, biscuits, foccacia, panettone and bread.

All the baking goods are 100% organic, vegan and natural leavened, strictly no commercial yeast.
Umi Steamed buns, biscuits, foccacia, panettone and bread.  first overview
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Umi Steamed buns, biscuits, foccacia, panettone and bread.  first slice
Umi Steamed buns, biscuits, foccacia, panettone and bread.  second slice

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