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Ale and Yeast Poolish

Poolish

Ingredients

125ml Ale

125g organic Shipton mill white flour

5g organic fresh yeast

Method

Mix the above together and leave for 3-5 hours to ferment.

Dough

All Poolish

750g shipton mill organic white flour

50g shipton mill wholemeal flour

5g organic fresh yeast

500ml water 15g salt

Method

put all ingredients into a stand mixer,

mix until dough smooth and elastic

cover and leave for 1 hour covered

remove and shape into required shape

cover and leave to rise until double in size

bake in hot oven, ideally on baking stone at 220°C for 25-30 minutes.

TIP

spray water into oven when putting loaf in for a crispy crust!