Age
6Years
Color
Country of origin Canada
Taste
& Flavour
Mixture
86%
14%
Liquid
Flour
Other
Esplanaderye
Since 2018
Do you have 4 or 5 hours? After a career in commercial baking, mainly with wholegrains, starting in the 1970's we developed a market for sourdough. It was not until I began teaching that I dove deeply into sourdough culture.
Characteristics
Essplanaderye is a work horse, reliable loyal and efficient. Born from the Champagne grapes growing in front of our friends' house it delivers a vigorous, hearty, slightlly tangy with more lactic notes and roasted malt in the breads it produces. The grandmother starter has been used to replace all the starters in our bakery and is the basis of the West Coast Wheat and The Mrs. White .
Taste & flavour
Recipe
Starting ingredients
- 100% Water
- 50% Grapes
- 50% Fermented grape water
- 50% Organic fresh ground rye
- 50% First build
- 25% Organic fresh ground rye
- 25% Water
Feeding ingredients
- 50% Grandmother
- 25% Water
- 25% Fresh ground rye flour
- 20% Refreshed starter
- 40% Water
- 40% Fresh ground rye or wheat
1
I use a seed mat and the temp is around 23 C.
Our feeding schedule depends on how long between bakes.
Usually make an interim levain 50% 25% 25%
50% Grandmother
25% Water
25% Fresh ground rye flour
2
Build the production levain at 20% 40% 40%
At this stage we sometimes use fresh ground whole wheat depending on what bread we are making
20% Refreshed starter
40% Water
40% Fresh ground rye or wheat
Working method
1
We used Champagne grapes from a vine in front our friends' house. on Esplanade Street in Chemainus, British Columbia Canada. We soaked them in water and waited 10 days to ferment. We then strained the grapes and added an equal amount of freshly ground Nunweiler's Rye to the fermented liquid.. It took off immediately and after basic care has become the 'grandmother of all our levains.
100% Water
50% Grapes
2
First Build 24 hours
50% Fermented grape water
50% Organic fresh ground rye
3
Final build.
The first build was so vigorous we just added equal amounts of Rye Flour and Water and let it go for another 24 hours
50% First build
25% Organic fresh ground rye
25% Water