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Focaccia Barese - Sourdough Canon Version 2

Status
Developed formula
Dates
2025-11-15
Format
12-inch round pan
Leavening
sourdough
True hydration
53.1%
Salt
3.3%
Inoculation
24.6%
Total flour
456 g
Total dough
982 g

Formula

Formula for Focaccia Barese - Sourdough Canon Version 2. Baker's percentages are calculated on total flour, including the flour contributed by the levain.
IngredientGrams Baker’s %Notes
Bread flour40087.7%Plus 56 g flour in starter
100% hydration starter11224.6%56 g flour + 56 g water
Cold mashed potato19041.7%Closer to the original potato loading
Water18640.8%53.1% true total hydration
Olive oil5411.8%
Kosher salt153.3%
Pan oil25not recovered25-35 g range; not in dough percentages
Total dough982

Hydration

Added water40.8%water weighed into the dough
True total53.1%including the levain’s flour and water

Potato contributes additional moisture.

Scale

  • Bread flour400g
  • 100% hydration starter112g
  • Cold mashed potato190g
  • Water186g
  • Olive oil54g
  • Kosher salt15g
  • Pan oil25g

Total dough 982 g

Percentages are fixed; only grams change. Rounded to 1 g, or 0.1 g under 20 g.

Process

KitchenAid Artisan with spiral hook: combine on low about 2 minutes, rest 20 minutes, two folds in the first hour, bulk to roughly 75-100% rise, cold retard 12-18 hours, pan and proof 45-90 minutes.

Bake

450-475 F until deeply golden and crisp.

Outcome

A carefully reconstructed sourdough conversion of the original 400 g flour / 190 g potato benchmark. No separate final-bake verdict preserved.

Next action

Treat as a distinct high-potato branch, not a replacement for Signature Version 1.

Where this sits

2860920.63.8 True hydration % Salt % F01 Original Barese / Puglian Yeast Benchmark — 60.5% hydration, 3.8% saltF03 Classic Cold-Fermented Sourdough Focaccia — 77.3% hydration, 1.8% saltF06 Potato-Free Fast-Track Focaccia Version 2.0 — 74.5% hydration, 2.0% saltF08 Potato-Free Barese Version 1A - Open-Crumb Adjustment — 91.8% hydration, 3.8% saltF09 Four 6-inch Square Potato-Free Scaling — 88.0% hydration, 3.7% saltF10 Potato Small-Square Focaccia Batch — 68.9% hydration, 2.2% saltF11 6.25-inch Square Sandwich Focaccia — 77.8% hydration, 1.8% saltF12 Chicago-Style Hot-Dog Focaccia — 78.3% hydration, 1.9% saltF15 Shredded-Potato Focaccia Pugliese — 60.0% hydration, 2.4% saltF16 Sourdough Focaccia - Two 6x6x2 Pans — 82.1% hydration, 2.1% saltF17 One-Pan Tomato Focaccia - 475 g Experiment — 77.8% hydration, 1.8% saltF18 Two-Pan Tomato Focaccia - 7 September Comparison Bake — 77.8% hydration, 1.8% saltB01 Standard Sourdough Baseline — 75.0% hydration, 2.0% saltB02 100% Whole-Wheat Integrale Sourdough — 81.8% hydration, 1.8% saltB03 Pane di Altamura - 100% Italian Durum Semola Sourdough — 84.0% hydration, 2.0% saltB04 Rye-Spelt-Honey Base / Five-Grain Seeded Loaf Lineage — 78.0% hydration, 2.0% saltB05 Croissant-Style Laminated Sourdough Loaf — 42.9% hydration, 1.1% saltB07 One Hearty Pan Sourdough - First Loaf-Pan Trial — 77.9% hydration, 1.8% saltB08 One Hearty Pan Sourdough - Revised Multigrain Formula — 77.8% hydration, 1.8% saltB09 Same-Day Enriched Sourdough Loaf — 69.6% hydration, 1.7% saltB12 Everyday Sourdough - 9.8" Banneton — 77.3% hydration, 1.8% saltB13 Control Loaf (Documented Baseline) — 71.7% hydration, 1.9% saltB14 Same-Day Sourdough — 72.2% hydration, 2.0% saltB16 Dark Chocolate Espresso Sourdough with Pistachio — 77.3% hydration, 2.0% saltB17 Persian-Inspired Sourdough — 74.5% hydration, 2.0% saltB18 Cinnamon, Blueberry & Cherry Swirl Loaf — 70.2% hydration, 1.9% saltA01 Orange-Pistachio-Espresso Dark Cocoa Sourdough Biscotti — 27.9% hydration, 0.6% saltF05 Focaccia Barese - Sourdough Canon Version 2 — 53.1% hydration, 3.3% salt
Every formula in this archive with a recoverable hydration and salt figure. Dot size is inoculation; outline is status. This bake is filled.

Tags

  • potato
  • barese
  • high-salt