Lys d'Or Pain de Campagne
- 168 grams or more, Water
- 1 grams Dry yeast
- 250 grams Lys d'Or Flour (or all-purpose flour) and optional malt powder 0.5-1 grams
- 150 grams or more, Water (60% or more of the weight of flour)
- 18 grams Natural Leaven Starter (7% the weight of the flour) https://cookpad.com/en/recipes/150721-hoshino-natural-leaven-starter
- 4 1/2 grams Natural salt
- Combine the dry ingredients.
- Mix the water with the leaven starter or yeast, add it to the flour, then mix it with a scraper.
- Bring the dough together, then wrap it in plastic wrap and let it sit for 20-30 minutes.
- Put the dough on a working surface, knead (5-6 minutes), place it in a bowl, then let it rise to double in height (about 1-2 hours in a 23-25C location).
- Punch down the dough in the bowl, then fold the dough over with a scraper as shown.
- Like this.
- Rotate the dough 90 degrees, then repeat by folding the dough while releasing the air.
- Shape the dough into a ball, then wrap in plastic wrap, and let it rise until it rises to 2.5-3 times in height (the rising time will vary depending on the temperature, so adjust as necessary).
- After it rises, it should look like this.
- Dust the banneton (bread-rising mold) evenly with flour.
- Dust the working surface and scraper with flour, then lift the dough with the scraper and onto the working surface.
- (With the side that was touching the bowl on top), flatten the dough to an equal height round ball about 20 cm in diameter.
- Fold the dough in half by bringing the dough up over the top from the side furthest from you.
- Brush off any excess flour.
- Next, bring the dough up from your right side, fold it down, then brush off any excess flour.
- Shape the dough into a ball, then seal the seams (I gently fold it over, then seal it, but feel free to do it as you like).
- With the sealed seam on top, place the dough into your banneton, and allow it to rise at room temperature (about 60 minutes at 25-26C).
- Preheat the oven to 250C, insert baking trays (if available) in the top and bottom racks and heat (if you don't have a baking tray at the top, pay attention to the oven temperature in Step 18).
- Once the dough has risen, place a sheet of parchment paper over the top of the banneton, then turn it over while gently holding the sheet.
- Use a knife or razor to slash the top.
- Brush the slits with vegetable oil to prevent drying and make the dough expand more easily.
- I use olive oil.
- Use the steam-bake function, if available.
- Otherwise, from a distance, mist the dough 5-6 times with water, then place the dough on the lower baking tray once the oven is ready.
- Bake for 5 minutes at 250C, then reduce to 230C and bake for another 5 minutes.
- Remove the top baking tray, and bake for 20 minutes at 200-220C for a total baking time of about 30 minutes.
- The oven temperature settings are approximate, so adjust to suit your oven.
- After baking, place the bread on a rack to cool.
- Placing the dough in the oven: I use a large cake server with a handle to slide the dough onto the tray with the parchment paper.
- Before, I used a thin cutting board, but when I learned that a friend was using sturdy cardboard, I thought I should simply use what I had on hand.
- Be careful not to burn yourself.
- I'm using the banneton to illustrate how I slide the bread into the oven using a thin cutting board.
- Slide the bread into the oven together with the sheet of parchment paper.
- The green board is the cutting board.
- (Use a material with a smooth surface to allow the paper to slide off easily.)
- I use two baking trays to bake, but you could also place a stainless steel bowl over the bread or whatever method you like (also adjust the oven temperature as required).
- This recipe is arranged to make the amount of water easy to remember.
- For the water, add 60% or more of the weight of the flour to make the dough easy to knead.
- I used 68% water for the pain de campagne shown in the top photo.
- Here is a soft loaf made with Lys d'Or flour, quickly prepared in a bread machine.
- https://cookpad.com/en/recipes/169390-lys-d-or-soft-french-bread
- Here's a recipe for an oval-shaped pain de campagne, which also uses the same Hoshino natural leaven, and is made with bread flour, whole wheat flour, and rye flour.
- https://cookpad.com/en/recipes/150705-oval-campagne-loaf-with-hoshino-natural-leaven
- Addendum: If using dry yeast, the dough should rise to 2 times the height.
- There's no need to punch it down.
water, yeast, flour, water, starter, salt
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/150708-lys-dor-pain-de-campagne (may not work)