100% Rye Sourdough

Name: 100% Rye Sourdough
Total time: 599940 s
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 400 g dark rye flour; 200 g active sourdough starter (ideally fed with rye flour for 2 days); 40 g honey; 300 ml water; 10 g salt

Martin @cook_3599692

Croydon, United Kingdom

Takes 3 days!

Martin @cook_3599692

Croydon, United Kingdom

Takes 3 days!

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Ingredients

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10 servings

400 gdark rye flour
200 gactive sourdough starter (ideally fed with rye flour for 2 days)
40 ghoney
300 mlwater
10 gsalt

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Steps

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1

Mix together all of the ingredients in a bowl with a wooden spoon to form a sticky batter
2

Beat hard to try and develop some gluten for 10 mins
3

Rest for 30 mins
4

Beat again for 10 more mins
5

Cover and place in the fridge overnight
6

Remove from fridge, fold the mixture over itself a few times with a spatula, cover and leave and room temperature for 2-3 hours
7

Return to fridge for another night
8

Remove from fridge scrape onto a heavily (rye) floured surface and with floured hands, gently shape into a rough ball shape.
9

Flour a banneton and add the 'dough'. Cover and leave for 6 hours at room temperature
10

With half an hour to go, preheat oven to max (around 240C)
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Turn out the dough onto a baking tray or stone and score
12

Throw a cup of water into the bottom of the oven
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Add the dough to the oven and shut the door, trapping the steam
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Turn oven down to 210C for 20 mins
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Reduce temperature to 200C and bake for a further 20 mins
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Allow to almost completely cool before enjoying with smoked fish. If you dont have any smoked fish, just throw the bread away.