Poolish Baguettes w/ prefermented dough

Crunchy on the outside, chewing on the midddle
With 30% Fermented flour (ferment 14-16 hours at 70˚)
Recipe adapted from Advanced Bread and Pastry by Michel Suas
Total Dough
100% Bread flour 29 lbs and 0.25ounces (*Flour is always 100%)
65-68% Water 18 lbs and 13.75 oz
0.5% Malt 2.32 ounces
2% salt 9.3 ounces
0.5% Instant yeast 2.32 ounces
Poolish (preferment)
33% bread flour —- 10 lbs
33% water —— 10 lbs
.10% yeast ——- .16 oz
Then add:
100% Flour —-19 lbs Flour
52.24% Water —- 8 lbs Water
.7% Instant yeast — 2.16 oz Yeast
2.99% salt — 9.3 oz
0.75% wheat germ —- 2.32 oz
Bulk Mixing:
Use spiral instead of hook.
Speed 1-3 minutes
Speed 2- 7 minutes
Scaled to yield 3 baguettes at 13 oz for 20 students
Baguettes should be 21” long with 5 marks.
