Tartine Basic Country Bread

Bahan-bahan

QUANTITY

BAKER'S PERCENTAGE

INGREDIENT

Water (80°F)

700 grams plus 50 grams

75

200 grams

Leaven

20

Total Flour

1,000 grams (1 kilogram)

100

White Flour

900 grams

90

Whole Wheat Flour

100 grams

10

Salt

20 grams

2

Catatan

The amount of water

relative to the flour is called the hydration percentage. Dough made with 600 grams of water and 1,000 grams of flour is 60 percent hydration. In other words, the amount of water is 60 percent of the weight of the flour. The basic country dough here will be 75 percent hydration. The table below is the formula for the basic country dough in this chapter. Here we start with 75 percent hydration-making the dough easy to work with from the start. As you get com- fortable with softer doughs, you can increase the percent- age of hydration gradually to suit your taste.