Pain de campagne

Ingredients

  • 200g starter (hot)
  • 300g water (90-95˚)
  • 25g whole or dark rye flour
  • 80g whole-wheat flour
  • 295g white flour
  • 11g salt

Timing

About 16 h 45 min start to finish.

  1. Initial mix.
  2. 20 min autolyse
  3. Proper mix.
  4. 10 min rest
  5. First fold
  6. ~30 min rest, until “you see the dough spread out in the tub”
  7. Fold again
  8. ~30 min rest, until “you see the dough spread out in the tub”
  9. Fold again
  10. ~2 h rest, until the dough is 2.5 original size
  11. Shape and move to brotform.
  12. 12 h ± 3 h overnight rest in fridge
  13. Bake at 450 in closed dutch oven for 40 minutes, then 15 minutes with lid off at 400-425.
  14. Done

Source

This is Ken Forkish’s “Country Bread, EIB-style” from Evolutions in Bread. He includes a walnut variation.