Application Guide

ORANGE-BUCKWHEAT BREAD
I am fascinated with buckwheat flour. It is an acquired taste unless you are Jewish and
ate kasha as a kid or eat a lot of Japanese soba-kiri noodles. But this flour is great in
small amounts, and I have made converts of lots of bakers with recipes like this. Buck-
wheat has its botanical origin at the unique Lake Baikal area in Siberia. It is the
planet’s oldest and deepest fresh water lake, located in the center of the Mongolian
empire and home to hundreds of plant species found nowhere else. It makes buckwheat
special indeed. Cultivated since prehistoric times as a bread grain, it became a staple
all around mainland Asia and, later, in Japanese and Indian diets.
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2
-POUND LOAF
1 cup buttermilk
1 large egg
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces
2 cups bread flour
3
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4
cup whole wheat flour
1
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3
cup light buckwheat flour
2 tablespoons dark brown sugar Grated zest of
1 large orange
1 tablespoon gluten
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2
teaspoons salt
2
1
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4
teaspoons SAF yeast or 2
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4
teaspoons bread ma-
chine yeast
2-POUND LOAF
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