{"id":129,"date":"2008-11-16T19:06:27","date_gmt":"2008-11-17T00:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.breadcetera.com\/?p=129"},"modified":"2010-02-26T15:10:38","modified_gmt":"2010-02-26T20:10:38","slug":"corn-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.breadcetera.com\/?p=129","title":{"rendered":"Corn Bread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breadcetera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/cornbread-008.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-130\" title=\"Corn Bread\" src=\"http:\/\/www.breadcetera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/cornbread-008.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.breadcetera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/cornbread-008.jpg 2848w, http:\/\/www.breadcetera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/cornbread-008-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lately, I&#8217;ve been so fascinated by various regional French breads?that I&#8217;ve all but forgotten that?North?America has its own traditional breads.? A case in point is corn bread.? To many people, the term &#8216;corn bread&#8217; conjures up visions of?the dense,?sometimes sweet, chemically leavened quick bread that is a staple of many a?Thanksgiving Day table.? To my mind, corn bread is a yeasted bread, based on wheat flour but with a substantial amount of corn flour used for its flavor, color and texture.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Because corn flour?cannot form gluten, corn bread?by nature has a relatively tight crumb.? Taking a cue from Suas&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Advanced-Bread-Pastry-Michel-Suas\/dp\/141801169X\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1226874573&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">Advanced Bread and Pastry<\/a>, I decided to dress up the bread a bit?with some shaping and stenciling techniques.? The idea was to form?the loaves in the shape of a corn kernel, with the stenciling and scoring designed to give the impression of a stylized corn stalk.? I&#8217;ll leave it up to you?to decide whether or not I was successful at achieving the desired effect.<\/p>\n<p>The formula used here is a modification of the one described?in?Hamelman&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bread-Bakers-Book-Techniques-Recipes\/dp\/0471168572\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1225587569&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">Bread: A Baker&#8217;s Book of Techniques and Recipes<\/a>.? Instead of using fine corn meal as specified, I used?yellow corn flour to?give a finer crumb.? White corn?flour should work just as well.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Poolish<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>225 g King Arthur?All-Purpose Flour<\/li>\n<li>225 g Water<\/li>\n<li>1\/8 Tsp. Instant Dried Yeast<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Final Dough<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>455?g King Arthur?All-Purpose Flour<\/li>\n<li>255 g Corn Flour<\/li>\n<li>345 g Water<\/li>\n<li>1??Tsp. Instant Dried Yeast<\/li>\n<li>15 g Salt<\/li>\n<li>45 g Olive Oil<\/li>\n<li>450?g Poolish?(all of the above)<\/li>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The evening before baking, the poolish was prepared by mixing the flour, water and yeast and allowing the mixture to ferment at 72?F until mature, about 12 hours.? The following morning, the corn meal was added to the final dough water in the bowl of a stand mixer and, after stirring to suspend the corn flour in the water, the rest of the final dough ingredients was added.? The mixture was then mixed at speed 2 for 3 minutes to incorporate all of the ingredients.<\/p>\n<p>After incorporation, the rough dough was removed from the bowl of the stand mixer and then <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breadcetera.com\/?p=9\" target=\"_self\">hand mixed<\/a> until a smooth dough of medium consistency was achieved.? The dough was then placed in a lightly oiled covered container and allowed to ferment for?1? hours, half-way through which the dough was given a fold.<\/p>\n<p>After the first fermentation, the dough was divided into 455 g pieces and each piece was gently rounded.? The rounded pieces where then covered with a plastic sheet and allowed to rest for 15 minutes.? After resting, each piece was formed into a tight boule, shaped in the form of a corn kernel, and placed on a couche to proof for 1 hour at 72?F, as shown below:[qt:http:\/\/breadcetera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/CornBread001.MOV 500 375]<br \/>\nAfter proofing, each dough piece was stenciled by placing a strip of paper down the length of the piece, sprinkling with a light dusting of flour and then removal of the paper strip, as shown in the photos below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"cent\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-124\" title=\"Corn Bread Dough Piece\" src=\"http:\/\/www.breadcetera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/cornbread-004-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"cent\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-124\" title=\"Paper Strip in Place\" src=\"http:\/\/www.breadcetera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/cornbread-005-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"cent\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-124\" title=\"Dusting of Flour\" src=\"http:\/\/www.breadcetera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/cornbread-006-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"cent\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-124\" title=\"Paper Strip Removed\" src=\"http:\/\/www.breadcetera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/cornbread-007-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The loaves were then scored three times on both sides of the stencil and baked at 450?F for 30 minutes, the first 10 minutes of which were under steam. The resulting loaves had a thin, crisp crust with a golden yellow crumb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lately, I&#8217;ve been so fascinated by various regional French breads?that I&#8217;ve all but forgotten that?North?America has its own traditional breads.? A case in point is corn bread.? To many people, the term &#8216;corn bread&#8217; conjures up visions of?the dense,?sometimes sweet, chemically leavened quick bread that is a staple of many a?Thanksgiving Day table.? 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