Pain au levain maison
Original in French
Cuisine et Recettes au Fil des Siècles · chefsimon.com · 2025
Against 152 sourdough bread recipes
Less water than 95% 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 water than 95% of recipes: 50% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 68%.
- Starter in the middle half of recipes: 30% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 25%.
Ingredients (5)
- 200g de farine T150 (blé complet)200 g
- 300g de farine T65 et T55300 g
- 150g de levain liquide150 g
- 25 cl d'eau tiède≈ 250 g
- 10g de sel10 g
flour 500 gbatter 910 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.
- Starter30% · 69th percentile · median 25%
- Water50% · 3rd percentile · median 68%
- Salt2% · 50th percentile · median 2%
- Fat0% · 43rd percentile · median 0%
- Sweetener0% · 41st percentile · median 0%
Oven
- Temperature
- not stated
- median 450°F
- Time
- 45 minutes
- median 30 minutes
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