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100% whole wheat sourdough?
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Thu Jan 22, 2015 10:40 pmby greasehoot
Hey hey! Just wanted to shoot out a quick question and see if anyone has any experience with this. I made a sourdough starter with 1 cup whole wheat flour and 1 cup ripened kefir milk. After a couple days it's bubbling quite well. I have been looking for a simple all wheat sourdough recipe but they all seem to incorporate white flour as well! Does anyone have a recipe they could share? Tips? Thanks in advance!
Re: 100% whole wheat sourdough?
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Fri Jan 23, 2015 4:43 pmby Tibor
In Wild Fermentations, Sandor Katz shares the recipe for 100% sourdough onion Rye Bread and I see no reason you couldn't do that with wheat. The recipe I am talking about is a fermented sponge, not a yeasted ,kneaded bread. I've been making the rye bread for years and I encourage you to try that as well. It's excellent bread.
Re: 100% whole wheat sourdough?
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Sat Jan 24, 2015 12:07 amby greasehoot
Thanks for the response! I checked out the recipe and I'm going to try it. Any reasons you can think of that using 100% whole wheat flour wouldn't work?
Re: 100% whole wheat sourdough?
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Sat Jan 24, 2015 11:26 amby Tibor
I have never tried a 100% fermented WW recipe and not sure how the consistency would compare to a rye sponge. I would also hope you would use organic, so you wouldn't need to try to ferment Roundup residue on the wheat. Just experiment. That is the wonderful part of learning stuff.
If you try Sandor's recipe for 100% sourdough rye, I want to let you know that I bake the loaves at 350* for around 2 1/2 hours and after it cools completely, I put them in a plastic bag and let them "rest" for 2 days before I dig in. That softens the rind ,among other things. The rye bread will not even think about molding for at least 2 weeks. Wheat intolerant friends have no problem with this rye bread.
Re: 100% whole wheat sourdough?
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Thu Feb 05, 2015 1:03 pmby Bobbo
Hi,
I've been using the method in the youtube video below and have been baking the best 100% wholemeal sourdough bread I've ever had.
The amounts given in the video are perfect for a 1 pound loaf tin.
The only thing I've changed is the baking time, I use 20 mins at 200c (fan assisted oven) then turn it down to 170c for a further 30 mins (50 mins total)
I've attached a photo of one of the loaves I baked yesterday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBgfUfa-J9M
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Hope that helps,
Rob.