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hydrating. Flour absorbs the water
kickstarting gluten development.
As glutenin and gliadin, the proteins
that make up gluten, absorb
water, they begin to bond together.
During the mixing process these
bonds that form break due to friction,
but reattach creating longer
strands and making the dough
more extensible. A higher water
content adds to this development
making the dough more extensible.
But on the flip side a higher water
content can make the dough a lot
harder to manipulate and handle
unless you are very skilled.
There's a school of thought
known as the no knead method.
While this method does work, it
requires a lot more time. Making
a Roman dough with 80+ percent
water can be done by hand no
problem - but will require multiple
folds and time in
between. Yet a mixer can get the
job done in one go. Water may be
what makes flour into dough, but
it still needs a helping hand. During
the mixing process, the enzyme
amylase (that helps the seed grow)
is at play again, this time helping
turn complex sugars into simple
sugars and giving the yeast more
food to live on, which aids fermentation.
A
question I get asked a lot
these days is " how much water
should I have in my dough? "
Today it is common for doughs
to start at 60 percent and go up,
whereas only a few years ago it was
common for New York, or classic
American doughs, to contain less
than that. The amount of water in
your dough is going to drastically
change your outcome, although
the temperature at which you cook
your dough and the type of oven
all play into the final product.
It may sound counterintuitive,
but more water makes crispier
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