Saturday, December 4, 2010

I Love NYB's Farine de Campagne Flour!

This flour has 12.0% protein and a whopping 66% ash (typically Artisan flour is up to 65%). Ash is an indicator of the milling process. A higher ash content indicates that more minerals are in the flour, which provides more food for the yeast. This impacts, among other things, crumb, color, leavening, etc. Stan's NYB Farine de Campagne flour really performed well, and the bread has great color and is very tasty.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flour: The word "flour" is originally a variant of the word "flower". Both derive from the Old French fleur or flour, which had the literal meaning "blossom," and a figurative meaning "the finest." The phrase "fleur de farine" meant "the finest part of the meal," since flour resulted from the elimination of coarse and unwanted matter from the grain during milling.[1]



Looking at the cuts, I would call this bread a little over-developed.

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