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  • TM 31
published: 2013/07/11
changed: 2013/08/02

Ingredients

Bread Dough

  • 400 grams Sourdough starter, (biga acida)
  • 12 grams fresh yeast
  • 18 gramsGluten
  • 24 grams salt
  • 532 grams Rain Water or Filtered Water, Luke warm
  • 405 grams Spelt grain, Ground into flour
  • 405 grams wholemeal flour

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  1. Stir  fresh yeast into water to dissolve. Add to biga. Weigh flours and sift with gluten. Place in TM bowl.add yeast mix and mix speed 2.5 for 2 minutes. Add salt andDough mode"Dough mode" for 3 minutes. Turn out onto floured pastry mat and shape into a ball.prepare an oven tray with some parchment paper and flatten dough into a disc. Cover with a clean cloth and leave to rise for 11/2 -2 hours depending on temperature in kitchen.  Once risen tie a piece of string around the circumference of the dough quite firmly. Make some slashes in the top from the centre out to make 8 wedges. This helps the bread to rise in oven. Bake in 200 degree oven for 30 - 45 minutes depending on your oven.

Tip

Recipe analyzed from a carbonized loaf of bread found in an oven in Pompeii during excavation. Watch video on British Museum website. Very interesting.

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  • 2. August 2013 - 23:14

    tmrc_emoticons.| just realized that the gluten  did not register in the ingredients list. Just tried to amend it but it was deleted again. Anyway the amount is 18 grams.

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