My brother in California uses some nice from flours Giustos. And while he lacks any rye or other desired grains, I did find a bag of teff! That led me to a Teff formula from Birdsong. The trick to Teff usage is pre-gelatinization followed by adding starter. Remember to use rice flour and or rye, as teff is sticky on bannetons.
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Hi Jeremy
Thank you, this is very interesting. What do you mean by pre-gelatinization? Your end product looks magnificent!
Hi Tia,
Gelatinize, means to boil water and add flour….sort of a custard…then cool….add in levain in for the refreshment..