A calculator for honest dough. Set how many balls you want; get the exact recipe at the same percentages.
How much dough?
4 balls × 280 g
Your recipe
1,120g total dough
Stiff preferment. Build the biga 12–18 h ahead, then mix into the final dough.
PrefermentBiga · 50% hydration
Flour50%333g
Water25%167g
Yeast0.2%1g
Final dough
Flour50%333g
Water40%267g
Salt2.8%18.7g
Yeast0.2%1g
All of the preferment501g
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Share of the total flour fermented ahead.
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Water in the preferment, relative to its flour. Biga ~50%, poolish 100%.