EINKORN AND AMARANTH SOURDOUGH BREAD REVISITED

Einkorn and Amaranth Sourdough Bread Revisited image

Amaranth and einkorn add fresh and delicious flavors to this sourdough bread, along with extra protein, minerals and carotenoids. The aroma of the dough is captivating and doesn't fade away when the bread is baked, giving you a tasty new bread experience.

Provided by Melissa Johnson

Categories Recipes

Time 1h5m

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

270g bread flour (2 cups)
65g home-milled einkorn wheat berries or whole grain einkorn flour (1/2 cup flour)
65g home-milled amaranth (1/2 cup flour)
300g water (1 1/4 cups)
75g sourdough starter (1/4 cup)
9g salt (1 1/2 tsp)

Steps:

Mixing, Gluten Development & Bulk Fermentation
Mix all of the ingredients together in a medium bowl until they're well incorporated. Cover and let the dough rest 30-60 minutes.
Laminate the dough 1-2 times. This can be done in quick succession or with a rest in between. Return the dough to the bowl, cover and let it rest about 30 minutes.
Perform 3-4 rounds of coil folding/stretching and folding at 20-40 minute intervals.
End the bulk fermentation when the dough is puffy and bubbly. In my oven with the light on (mid-80s), this dough fermented about 4 1/2 hours.
Pre-shaping, Bench Rest, Shaping
Scrape the dough out of your bowl and onto a lightly floured countertop. Preshape the dough into a ball, cover it with your bowl, and let it rest 20-60 minutes. Aim for the shorter side of that range if the dough is webby and very fermented, and longer if it seems less fermented.
Flour the rested dough and your proofing basket. Flip the dough and shape it into an oval, round or oblong loaf. Flour the shaped dough and place in your proofing basket seam-side up.
Final Proof
For the final proof, aim for an expanded dough that doesn't rebound when gently poked. In the case of this dough, I left it at room temperature for about 70 minutes and then popped it into the freezer for 20 minutes. Overnight refrigeration works, too, as does room temperature only, and many combinations of warm and cold.
Preheating & Baking
Before the final proof is over, preheat your oven and baking vessel to 500F for 30 minutes.
Flip your dough directly into the base of your baking vessel, or flip it onto parchment paper and then transfer the dough and parchment to the base of your vessel.
Score the top of the dough.
If your baking vessel is made of clay, you can paint the dough with water if you want to remove excess flour and add more steam to the process. If your baking vessel is made of cast iron, you can add an ice cube under the parchment paper.
Cover and return the vessel to the oven.
Bake:
15 minutes at 500F with the lid on. If your baking vessel is made of cast iron, add a baking sheet under your baking vessel after this stage.
10 minutes at 450F with the lid on.
5-10 minutes at 450F with the lid off.
The internal temperature of your bread should be at least 205F when you remove it from the oven. Let the dough cool for several hours before cutting.