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Indian Blend Sourdough Boule

Recipe By:Priya Bhoopal
Recipe Status:Untested
Kind of Bake:Retarded overnight – San Francisco Style – mixed in the morning, retarded in the fridge overnight, baked at any point the next day
Makes:makes 1 boule of 1kg
Created Over:2 days
Recommended For:
  • anyone can eat this
  • anyone with IBS/bloating
Diversity Score:12
Increase Fibre:Grains are stone grounded at home , so this process retains the husk in the milling process
Probiotic Serving Suggestion:Cultured butter, home made Cherry jam , cheese put in a olive oil
Antioxidants: Fava beans & Sea buckthorn are high in antioxidants & omega
Suggested Botanical Blend:I created my own Botanical Blend

Ingredients

IngredientsQuantity
Spelt flour(can't find grains in my country)150 gms
My botanical blend 100 gms
T65 with protein level at 12.3 250 gms
Leaven 120gms
Pink salt 10gms
water @27c 375gms for dough + 50gms for bassinage

Botanical Blend by Priya Bhoopal

IngredientsQuantity
Emmer wheat 250 gms
Black wheat 200 gms
purple wheat 100gms
Bansi wheat 50gms
Dried green peas 25gms
fava beans 30gms
black pea 15gms
Bengal gram 10gms
black horse gram 10gms
dried rose petals 10gms
dried marigold 10gms
dried sea buckthorn 15gms

Recipe Introduction

I love my bread with butter and jam. I started by baking for my family - my study and interest began because of my younger son. Learning the process of making sourdough myself was purely to help my son, then it became about helping my family to stop eating white bread, and now I bake it for my cafe customers too. The recipe I created to graduate can be enjoyed by anybody you do not need to have coeliac disease to consume it. I am now using the principles of Baking as Lifestyle Medicine in the baked goods I make in my cafe, feeding my local community.
The wheat grains used here are all locally grown in my country India. They are all organic grains that the farmers from different parts of India grow.

Key ingredient in this recipe, though used in a small quantity, is sea buckthorn. This grows in high altitude region in my country called Ladakh. Sea buckthorn is high in antioxidants & omega.

Studies

StudyHow this study has been applied
The role of Gut Microbiota in intestinal Inflammation with respect to diet & stressmy focus was to introduce different grains with different pigments along with nutritional level
MIGUEL TORIBIO-MATEAS ON SOURDOUGH, THE IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSITY & THE GUT MICROBIOMEintroducing Rainbow in you bread is what caught my interest
Prebiotics in grains & ingredients & botanical blendslooked for pre and probiotics

Equipment

  • bowl
  • weighing scale
  • Stone ground Mill
  • wooden stick to mix
  • round banneton
  • lame
  • round dutch oven
  • tea towels
  • spoons

Tin Size cm (HxWxD)

8.5 cm x 25 cm x 8.5 cm

Starter Quantity

120gms leaven

Status of Starter

bubbly, lively first-build starter

DDT

27°C (80°F)


Flours

  • spelt flour is from RED MILL
  • French flour T65 Swiss bake

Baking Temperature

240°C/220°C fan/475°F/gas mark 9

Baking Time

25mins in the dutch oven with lid closed and 10 to 15mins out of dutch oven with the steam on


Timings

StepDayTimings (hh:mm)
refreshed my starter Day 18am
refreshed starter Day 18pm
faste leavenDay 210am
mix dough autolysis Day 212 pm
bassinage Day 212:30 pm
Add salt Day 21 pm
stretch & foldDay 21:30 pm
pre shape Day 24pm
final shape Day 25pm
put in banneton & refrigerator Day 26pm
pre heat oven with dutch oven on max temp for an hour Day 37am
score and put in the dutch oven & bake Day 38:10am
Remove from dutch oven Day 38:35 am
bake with steam & without dutch oven for 1o to 15mins Day 38:35 to 8:45 am
Ready to be out of oven & let it cool down Day 38:45 to 8:50 am

How to Store

can be stored for 4 days in Indian climatic conditions on kitchen counter wrapped in a cloth..
in refrigerator packed in a air tight container for 10days

Top Tips

Always keep the water temp at 27c

All reasonable care is taken when advising about health aspects of bread, but the information that we share is not intended to take the place of treatment by a qualified medical practitioner. You must seek professional advice if you are in any doubt about any medical condition. Any application of the ideas and information contained on this website is at the reader's sole discretion and risk.

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