Hooked Up Bread (toulouse)
1.
Weigh the kneading water and wheat flour in the ingredient list.
2.
Add the kneading water to the wheat flour and stir to form a thin dough. Cover with a slightly damp cloth and proceed with pre-fermentation: 1 hour.
3.
Weigh the yeast powder and stir to dissolve it with clean water.
4.
After the first fermentation is over, add refined salt, pour the yeast liquid into the flour, knead it into a smooth dough, spread it with a slightly damp cloth, and carry out the first fermentation: 1 hour and 30 minutes.
5.
After the first fermentation is over, divide the dough into 2 doughs and let stand for 30 minutes.
6.
After the end of standing, each dough is rolled into a tongue shape.
7.
Fold 2/3 of the dough in the middle first.
8.
Fold the other 1/3 to the middle.
9.
After the dough is folded in half, press the edges firmly with your fingers.
10.
Shape the dough into a mallet shape.
11.
Flatten the dough again to form an oblong shape.
12.
Visually inspect the dough into three sections, roll the dough from both ends to the middle, leaving a small "waist" in the middle.
13.
My "waist" is a bit short, it should be longer and slender. After the shaping is completed, spread a slightly damp cloth and carry out the second fermentation: 1 hour and 30 minutes.
14.
Preheat the oven 10 minutes in advance: 230 degrees, up and down. At the same time, use a sieve to spread the raw wheat flour evenly on the dough.
15.
Pour about 50g of water into the empty oven at the bottom of the oven (water bath method), put it into the baking tray with the dough, and start baking: 230 degrees, up and down, 20 minutes.
16.
After the bread comes out of the oven, take it out and let it cool naturally.