Hi again all.
First bread maker. 450gram of the Monte Carmelo. Waited for the fast knead cycle and went for it with the HG set at 650 C 9 cm away from centre of bean mass at about a 30 degree angle. First crack was at about 10-11 mins and then about 30 second into the first I dropped the temp to 500C, but it seemed to be accelerating a bit fast still, so I dropped it back to about 450C and second crack came at about 20 mins - and I pulled them within 30 seconds of that. I noticed in the first part of the cycle - before first crack - that a couple of beans were getting better done than others. They seemed not to get sucked down into the blade. I tried a couple of hand stirs as well just before first crack and after (only for about 5 seconds each). I ended up with a consistent batch of beans, but I have pulled out about 6 that were charcoal - is this normal. I noticed when I did my first HG the other day by hand - about the same size - that there were no charcoals - so perhaps if you are willing to stand there and do some manual work there is better control.
Anyone got any advice about the BM and HG settings and method that I am doing that might see no charcoal and even longer time between first and second? Do I need to drop it to say 400 degrees C. In the big stainless bowl there would be a lot more heat loss than the tight tall confines of the BM, so perhaps I need to go lower for the BM for second crack than when doing it manually.
Cheers
First bread maker. 450gram of the Monte Carmelo. Waited for the fast knead cycle and went for it with the HG set at 650 C 9 cm away from centre of bean mass at about a 30 degree angle. First crack was at about 10-11 mins and then about 30 second into the first I dropped the temp to 500C, but it seemed to be accelerating a bit fast still, so I dropped it back to about 450C and second crack came at about 20 mins - and I pulled them within 30 seconds of that. I noticed in the first part of the cycle - before first crack - that a couple of beans were getting better done than others. They seemed not to get sucked down into the blade. I tried a couple of hand stirs as well just before first crack and after (only for about 5 seconds each). I ended up with a consistent batch of beans, but I have pulled out about 6 that were charcoal - is this normal. I noticed when I did my first HG the other day by hand - about the same size - that there were no charcoals - so perhaps if you are willing to stand there and do some manual work there is better control.
Anyone got any advice about the BM and HG settings and method that I am doing that might see no charcoal and even longer time between first and second? Do I need to drop it to say 400 degrees C. In the big stainless bowl there would be a lot more heat loss than the tight tall confines of the BM, so perhaps I need to go lower for the BM for second crack than when doing it manually.
Cheers


Comment