Its a real thing, there’s a term for it if i can find it.
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CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 6 days ago
I’ve heard of some bakery somewhere doing “recycled bread”, where they supposedly take the leftover bread that didn’t sell that day, dry it out, grind it up, and mix it with fresh flour to make new bread, but I don’t know for sure if the story is real.
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 days ago
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
That’s somewhat different. They aren’t taking stale bread and reusing it to make new bread, but rather a portion of the raw dough from a previous batch is saved and added to fresh dough. It’s meant to add a bit of fermented flavor, without quite being a sourdough. It’s more in line with preferments like poolish and biga.
perfectly_boiled_pizza@lemmy.world 6 days ago
It’s common in Germany
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
If a real thing in Mexican bakeries. They’ll take all the stale pan dulce, waiting till they become very dry, and grind them into a flour, or fine chunks depending on the bakery, and mix them in with fresh dough to create a cinnamon flavor pastry called a “piedra”, or rock in English. They’re pretty good. my dad loves them.
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felixwhynot@lemmy.world 6 days ago
TIL