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Making bread from used beer yeast.

 
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gardening-girl



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PostPosted: Mon May 15, 17 4:55 pm    Post subject: Making bread from used beer yeast. Reply with quote
    

As Barrie is doing voluntary work at our local micro brewery, he has access to lots of used beer yeast. I am thinking this could be reused for bread making. Any ideas/ thoughts.
I thought similar to a sourdough/ poolish.

sean
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PostPosted: Mon May 15, 17 5:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Beer yeast is more 'aggressive' than bread yeast. I'd think you might find that the dough rises too fast to develop much flavour.

Hairyloon



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PostPosted: Mon May 15, 17 10:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

sean wrote:
Beer yeast is more 'aggressive' than bread yeast. I'd think you might find that the dough rises too fast to develop much flavour.

Play it some calming music?

sean
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PostPosted: Mon May 15, 17 10:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Find the right farmers market and I'm sure you could sell composer-specific bread...

'Our dough has been raised to the calming sounds of Chopin piano concertos for a smoother and deeper flavoured crumb...'

gardening-girl



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gardening-girl



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PostPosted: Wed May 17, 17 9:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

We are giving it a try. Made a poolish ( sponge) from 100g of flour and 100g of yeast. left it overnight.
This morning I have added the poolish to 500g of flour, salt and 300g of water. Now leaving it to prove in the fridge for 24 hrs.

buzzy



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 22, 17 11:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

gardening-girl wrote:
We are giving it a try. Made a poolish ( sponge) from 100g of flour and 100g of yeast. left it overnight.
This morning I have added the poolish to 500g of flour, salt and 300g of water. Now leaving it to prove in the fridge for 24 hrs.


That's all very well, but how do you get the loudspeakers into the 'fridge?

Henry

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 22, 17 6:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

According to what I have read, the main problems with brewer's yeast are

1) it can be bitter if not washed thoroughly before using for baking

and

2) its action is unpredictable. It may be 'aggressive' as Sean says, but it can presumably also be 'passive', and you never know which.

Henry

wellington womble



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 22, 17 9:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

On a very loosely related note, I noticed Morrisons had fresh yeast in the chiller cabinet yesterday. As it comes up now and again, I thought I'd let people know.

buzzy



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 23, 17 9:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

wellington womble wrote:
On a very loosely related note, I noticed Morrisons had fresh yeast in the chiller cabinet yesterday. As it comes up now and again, I thought I'd let people know.


That's good to know. I'll have a look next time I get to Morrisons, see if our 'local' store stocks it.

Henry

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