Roggenbrot – All Rye Sourdough Loaf [Bakery Recipe]. Great recipe for Roggenbrot – All Rye Sourdough Loaf [Bakery Recipe]. It's a dense bread because rye has almost no gluten, but it will have a dark chocolately/coffee-like aroma that smells delicious! This German rye sourdough bread recipe is started with rye flour and finished with bread flour after Notes on Rye Sourdough Bread.
If you're brand new to baking sourdough, read my Beginner's Sourdough recipe post first, it has longer in-depth explanations on I've found that my starter shows noticeable activity when fed rye exclusively. This is a recipe for TRUE, AUTHENTIC Rye bread – it's going to taste different from what you buy packaged in the store that was mass produced in a factory, please remember that. Punch down dough, and shape into loaves. You can have Roggenbrot – All Rye Sourdough Loaf [Bakery Recipe] using 14 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Roggenbrot – All Rye Sourdough Loaf [Bakery Recipe]
- It’s of For the Sourdough:.
- You need 300 g of rye flour.
- You need 30-50 g of old/stale bread turned into breadcrumbs.
- It’s 10 g of rye sourdough starter.
- You need 260 g of warm water.
- Prepare of Main dough:.
- Prepare 500 g of warm water.
- Prepare 22 g of salt.
- You need 150 g of old/stale bread turned into breadcrumbs.
- You need 700 g of rye flour.
- You need 4 g of malt syrup (or molasses or honey).
- It’s 17 g of fresh yeast (or 5 g dry yeast).
- Prepare of Optional Mix-ins:.
- It’s 2 tsp of caraway seeds.
Place on a greased baking sheet or in greased loaf pans. Allow to rise until doubled in bulk. I'm frustrated with the way this recipe is written. It may work wonderfully for an experienced sourdough baker, but to someone new to the process it's not helpful.
Roggenbrot – All Rye Sourdough Loaf [Bakery Recipe] instructions
- Mix the sourdough ingredients: First mix 300 g rye flour and 30-50 g breadcrumbs from old bread (more will make the bread more chewy and have a nice aroma)..
- Put the sourdough starter on the flour and pour the warm water over it. Mix with your hands until no longer floury. Cover and let rise for 12-16 hours at room temp..
- After the sourdough part is done, it's time to mix the main dough. First dissolve salt in 500 g warm water..
- Put another 150 g of breadcrumbs made from stale/dry bread into a bowl. Pour the salt water over the breadcrumbs, mix and let soak for 1 hour in a warm place..
- In another bowl, lightly mix the 700 g rye flour with the malt syrup/molasses and yeast. In a separate large bowl, add the breadcrumb water, then add the flour mix, and then sourdough on top..
- Mixing from around the edges, gradual work the liquid into the rye flour. When the liquid is all absorbed and roughly mixed, move to next step..
- Next work the dough from the center with your hands, squeezing and bringing together until there's no more flour visible and no more crumbly pieces..
- Once the ball of dough comes together, remove to working surface and cut in two. Fold in caraway seeds if you like here..
- Pattern 1 – for bread with big beautiful cracks in the surface (the bread on the right side in the main photo – Form the dough into a round ball by folding the edges down and around toward the bottom center. Instead of closing the fold neatly, leave it rough and open..
- Put rough fold side down into flour dusted banneton..
- Pattern 2 – for a pretty crackled patter like the bread on the left side in the main photo – Form into a smooth ball, then moisten the top and sides by rolling on a moist towel. Roll in rye flour and place top up in a well floured banneton..
- Let the dough rise 2-3 hours until fully proofed..
- For pattern 1 bread: Gently tip the banneton over and let the dough slide out into your hand (the fold side that was at the bottom of the banneton will be on top). Place the dough fold side up on a baking sheet (the dough on the left side in the photo)..
- For pattern 2 bread: Tip the banneton over and let the dough slide into your hand. Flip it back over so the flour covered, cracked surface is on top (the side that was at the top in the banneton will be at the top again)..
- Bake for 40 minutes at 260°C/500°F with steam. After first 5 minutes release steam and lower temperature to 250°C/480°F and bake for another 25 minutes. Then lower temperature again to 200°C/400°F and bake another 20 minutes. Check doneness by tapping the bottom of the bread – if it sounds hollow it's finished. If not bake for a few more minutes..
We love this bread for its full sourdough flavor and keeping quality. Then I mixed in the salt with a little water a la.."Sourdough Country Loaf" using a poolish sourdough starter. A good recipe for beginners as well as more experienced sourdough bakers. Working with rye flour alone is quite different than a wheat and rye mix. Rye does not rise well or have as pleasant of a texture when it is over-mixed or too dry.