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by Jonathan | Mar 6, 2009 | Bread

Durum Semolina sourdough

It always nice to have all the right elements fall into place and turn out such a loaf!

Durum Semolina

500g loaf

Pre-ferment weight: 165

Pre-fermented flour:30%

Overall formula:
100% Durum
65% Water
2% Salt

Pre-ferment:

100% Durum
85% Water
20% Salt

Final Mix:
219g Semolina
126g Water
6g Salt

My semolina flour came from Buon Italia in Chelsea Market, a wonderful purveyor of everything Italian, including flour. It’s nice using flour from the Italian source where this recipe originates! Tomorrow I’m going to put a slice of mortadella on a slice of this bread. Nutella would be nice too…

4 Comments

Susan on March 6, 2009 at 12:05 pm

I’m not 100% sure, but this may qualify as your most beautiful loaf yet. At least most stunning photos.
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Teresa on March 7, 2009 at 6:47 pm

Superb! Hurrah Jeremy, that is a gorgeous loaf of bread! I agree with Susan. Happy Baking, Teresa
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Foolish Poolish on March 7, 2009 at 9:19 pm

Beautiful semolina bread!
Not a grain I get the chance to use often (difficult to find durum flour here). Good job!
FP
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Mr. "Crumb" Aplin on March 12, 2009 at 8:37 pm

That bread looks really good Jeremy, I am drooling and I already had my supper!
Keep on truckin’
-Crumb
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