Pain au levain
Original in French
Betty Bossi · bettybossi.ch · 2025 · 6 personnes
Against 152 sourdough bread recipes
Less starter than 84% of recipes.
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How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 152 sourdough bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less starter than 84% of recipes: 11% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 25%, about half as much.
- Salt in the middle half of recipes: 2.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2%.
Ingredients (6)
- 50 g de levain-chef50 g
- 50 g de farine de seigle complète50 g
- 0.5 dl d’eau≈ 50 g
- 2.5 dl d’eau≈ 250 g
- 1.75 c.c. de sel≈ 11 g
- 400 g de farine mi-blanche400 g
flour 450 gbatter 811 g
≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.
Baker's percentages
Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 152 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Starter11% · 15th percentile · median 25%
- Water67% · 47th percentile · median 68%
- Salt2.3% · 75th percentile · median 2%
- Fat0% · 43rd percentile · median 0%
- Sweetener0% · 41st percentile · median 0%
Oven
- Temperature
- 475°F / 245°C
- median 450°F
- Time
- 25 minutes
- median 30 minutes
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