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Pumpkin Sourdough (Butternut Squash)

Scorecard

7.3/ 10

  • Spring5 out of 10
  • EarNo ear
  • Crust9 out of 10
  • Crumb6 out of 10
  • Flavor9 out of 10

TangNonesourness, not averaged

Pumpkin Sourdough (Butternut Squash), photographed at scoring
Photographed at scoring (2 hours out of the oven).

Recipe

  • 500 gFlourblend of 2
  • 320 gWater
  • 130 gStarter
  • 10 gSalt

Flour blend

Inclusions

  • 200 groasted butternut squash puree

Baker's %: 64% hydration · 68% total, counting the starter at 100% hydration · 26% starter · 2% salt

Bake
220°C / 428°F · lid on 20 min → lid off 16 min

From YouTube

Recipe (from the video description)

  • Levain, mixed the night before: 50 g water, 20 g starter, 60 g flour, overnight at room temperature. The whole levain (130 g) goes in, so Starter g = 130.
  • Dough: 320 g water, 470 g King Arthur all-purpose (assumed: the description says all-purpose flour), 30 g rye, 10 g salt.
  • Mix starter + water, add flours, rest 45 min. Add salt, mix 4 min on medium (or 8–10 min by hand), rest 45 min.
  • Roast butternut squash 180 °C ~30 min, puree, mix into the dough with wet hands.
  • 2 coil folds, 30–45 min apart. Shape, into banneton. Fridge 3–12 h.
  • Bake straight from the fridge at 220 °C in a Dutch oven, tied with 4 pieces of twine and scored: lid on 20 min, lid off ~16 min. Cool 30 min before cutting.

Missing

  • Bake date, bulk hours, cold hours (the video says 3–12 h: how long for this loaf?)
  • Squash puree grams (Inclusions)
  • Which flour the levain's 60 g was (counted inside the starter, not the flour total)
  • Instagram Reel link, if posted
  • Scores + Tang, Verdict, Photos