Tried my hand at the king arthur pan de cristal recipe today, but I didn’t have bread flour, so instead of 500g bread flour, mine is 300g AP and 200g semolina, which gives it that wonderful golden color.

Didn’t have the massive open crumb I was hoping for, but I think it over-proofed a little.

The result was still fantastic, the flavor is incredible, the crust is crunchy without tearing your mouth up like sourdough can do sometimes. Overall I’m very very happy with it

  • deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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    17 days ago

    You’re never going to get the open crumb of pan de cristál if you use 40% whole grain flour.

    What hydration were you working with? PdC is typically 100%, so typically won’t hold shape just the same as if it was over proofed.

      • deegeese@sopuli.xyz
        2·
        17 days ago

        I believe the very finely milled 00 semolina has the bran filtered, but otherwise you have whole grain durum wheat.

        If you can get a hold of some bread flour it’ll maximize loaf height and bubble size.