I baked the primary batch of Colomba this 12 months, to check out my new 1 kg dimension paper pans, and to consider new taste combos. Additionally, the tweaks I’ve made to my lievito madre, mixing and fermentation methods as they pertain to Colomba.
I’m additionally utilizing a special flour this 12 months – Mille Bolle from Molino Pasini; that is simply the perfect panettone flour I’ve tried, and it actually labored nicely for this batch.
Some stats:
LM going into the first dough was pH 4.6. The first dough fermentation was 13 hours, and pH on the finish was 5.07.
The dough dealt with extraordinarily nicely all through. The 2nd dough fermentation was 4.5 hours, and loaves have been baked for round 45 minutes to inside temp of 92-93C
There have been three loaves. The bottom inclusions have been candied orange and lemon peel plus white chocolate. One loaf had almond paste laminated in, one had darkish chocolate, and one was “plain”. The dough was extraordinarily elastic, so lamination was simple:
I shaped the loaves utilizing the normal two-piece physique and wings strategy, which makes a extra dove-like look within the end result. Nevertheless for the subsequent batch, I’ll attempt the extra fashionable all-one-piece strategy, which may create the identical kind of top seen in a tall panettone… then I’ll resolve which I desire.
Additionally, since this was the primary time I’ve used the large 1 kg paper pans, I didn’t know learn how to scale them, and went on the conservative aspect, about 1010 g dough/pan. I’d improve this for the subsequent batch, however since I can solely bake certainly one of these at a time in my Anova oven, I’ve to watch out to not permit them to over-proof whereas ready their flip. They are often briefly refrigerated as wanted to sluggish the expansion.
These have been baked at 175 C for five minutes, then turned all the way down to 165 C for one more 40 minutes. Inside temp verify for 92-3 C
The crammed ones take just a few additional minutes, relying on the kind of filling.
Taste trial Outcomes – Good rise, good crumb, excessive tenderness. I had excessive hopes for the almond one, however the taste didn’t actually appear so as to add a lot to the orange and lemon base. The chocolate chip one has flown to a brand new residence, and I’m ready for the evaluate. The plain one – simply orange peel, lemon peel and white chocolate – is de facto superb.
Making the Colomba is numerous enjoyable, I actually advocate it!
