Classic Rye Bread 🍞

Name: How to cook Classic Rye Bread 🍞 - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 10-12 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Natalie Marten (Windsor__Foodie)

Classic Rye Bread 🍞

I adore rye bread. There's something about it's denser texture and strong flavour that appeals to me. I enjoy eating it simply with thickly spread salted butter or toasted, but it's also amazing served with smoked salmon and poached eggs as a brunch.

Ingredient

Food ration :

10-12 servings

Cooking time :

4 hrs 15 mins

180 g

rye flour,

370 ml

warm water,

7 g

fast action yeast

190 g

strong bread flour,

1 tbsp

good quality coffee,

1 tsp

caraway seeds,

200 ml

water,

7 g

fast action yeast,

10 g

salt

rectangular bread tin

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

To make the poolish ferment, in a large bowl add the rye flour first, followed by the yeast. Pour in the warm water. Stir well with a wooden spoon until a thick paste is created. Cover and leave in a warm place for at least 2 hours to allow the yeast to activate.

* Step 2

Next, to make the dough first add in the water and stir into the poolish ferment until it looks like the consistency of a thick porridge. Now add in the rye and strong white bread flours. Next add in the yeast, also the salt.

* Step 3

Stir with a wooden spoon then beat together until it forms a thick dough. Evenly sprinkle over the ground coffee and the caraway seeds. Mix until everything is well incorporated into one ball of dough.

* Step 4

Lightly flour the inside of your bread tin with rye flour, and also your work surface. Using a scraper turn the dough out onto the floured surface, then dust some more over the top of the turned out dough, pat it in gently. It'll be a little sticky. Shape into a fat log shape by folding it over a couple of times placing the seams at the base, then plop it into the floured tin. Cover with a cloth and leave somewhere cosy and warm to prove for 1 and a half hours until well risen.

* Step 5

Place a baking tray into your oven and preheat it to 230 (fan). Place a oven proof bowl of water at the bottom of the oven to create steam whilst the bread bakes, or if you have a water spray bottle with a fine mist, you can simply spray the sides and bottom of the oven to create steam before closing the door. Put the bread tin upon the hot baking tray on the middle shelf.

* Step 6

Bake for 5-10 minutes at 230 then turn the oven down to 210. Bake for a further 35-45 minutes. The timing will vary as every oven is different. When the loaf is done it'll be dark and golden brown and if you tap the base it'll sound hollow. Leave to cool completely upon a wire rack. Serve up with butter and enjoy! :)