The phrase
"hydration dough" refers to a dough that has a high amount of water or liquid content.
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The loaves here are Norwich Sourdough, but you can use this technique with any medium -
hydration dough.
These higher
hydration doughs are a little tricky, but the crumb they yield is way too delicious to pass up.
I agree about the higher
hydration doughs.
Letting the dough ferment overnight in the refrigerator before baking really let the leaven develop wonderfully (especially with such a high
hydration dough).
do you have any advice for handling high
hydration dough?
If you read through our past conversations, I mentioned that high
hydration doughs can be difficult to work with.
On the contrary, if you are working with a high
hydration dough or if you add more water to this recipe, it might spread out like a pancake due to the increased moisture content.
For me tangzhong is a new tool in the box for managing high
hydration doughs.
It was easy to mix it to 80 and 60 % hydration, and even at 60 %
hydration the dough was easy to handle.
In the clip Ed uses the technique with a wholewheat sourdough / levain 68 %
hydration dough.