Saturday whole grain loaf — made w/ 2/3 (about 2cups) whole spelt flour, 1/3 (about 1 cup) miscellaneous whole grain flours from our refrigerator (mostly Kamut, Eric thinks) w/ the coarse bran sifted out of those misc. flours. Added a dollop of sourdough starter, 12 oz. water, 1-1/2 tsp. salt, mixed up no-knead style. The crumb was predictably dense, like you would expect of a whole grain loaf, but not the brick we like to avoid. Really good flavor. Proofing in the cooler Fall temps encouraged a sourdough tang.
Baked in Oblong La Cloche
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Eric, do you have any experience with a Granary Loaf? It is a very tasty bread that is made in England and the actual flour it is made with is only available from one particular company in England. Hovis.
I know it contains malted wheat and barley flakes.
Any thoughts please:)
Hi Doris. No, I don’t. Do you know if Hovis exports their products?
Here in the U. K. Doves farm do a granary style flour called malt house flour , it is organic see: http://www.dovesfarm.co.uk/flour-and-ingredients/organic-malthouse-bread-flour-x-1kg/ I do not know if they will export it. I have not seen Hovis granary flour for sale recently loaves yes but not flour. The doves farm flour does make a very tasty bread. Hope that helps. Phil Taylor
Your machine should have come with it’s own recipe book. Try the whole grain bread in there. It’ll probably be denser, but you said you don’t mind.
Many thanks Faith. Unfortunately, I inherited the machine from my son who had binned the recipe book. I tried using the whole grain but, although I said that I didnt mind, it was very dense and not something I would repeat. Anyway, again many thanks.
Mary
Found the video of making spelt four bread great but would love to
have the receipe for making a starter using spelt flour. Can anybody help. Thanks
Great loaf mate, love the color, just baked off a white 30% spelt sour overnight in fridge proofing this morning Tuesday aussie time looks great cant wait for lunch.
cheers Peter
Wow! That looks like a beautiful loaf. Inspires me to get some dough mixed up again. Haven’t done a loaf for months.