Biga - Pre-Ferment

By

JeanMarie Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 lb. Bread flour
  • 9 3/4 oz. Water
  • 1/2 tbs. Salt
  • 1/4 tsp. Instant dry yeast

Preparation

Step 1

Mix ingredients with dough blender by hand, then turn out on island and mix thourghly. Fold & scooch on lightly floured surface until brought together. Will be a "shaggy mess." Place in metal bowl,cover with plastic wrap, let stand for 12 to 16 hours at 70 drgrees. When ripe, the pre-frement will be domed and beginning to recede in the center. This needs to be done the night before bread baking.

This is used for Rustic Bread!