Dark Rye Sourdough
This amazing dark rye loaf may be my favourite yet. It has a wonderful chewy yet crunchy on the outside crust. The depth of colour comes from Brew Ch
I love it when I can get chocolate into a loaf and you don't even notice!
This dark colour was hard to acheive with the use of rye flour alone as it is very dense if you use ALL whole grain in any loaf and the sourdough process just adds to the challenges...light bulb moment occurred. Using liquid Brew Choc made the colour so much deeper and then there is a secret ingredient as well. HOW GOOD DOES THIS LOOK?
Hopefully about as good as it tastes. You will just LOVE this loaf. LOVE is not too strong a word for it.
We plan to launch the course very soon, so stay tuned...mid to late August is the go.
Need
- 100 Grams Levain bubbly and active Recipe
- 300 Grams Brew Choc brewed liquid, cooled to room temperature BUY
- 20 Grams cocoa powder dark BUY
- 20 Grams raw caster sugar BUY
- 8 Grams fine grind salt
- 200 Grams organic dark rye flour
- 300 Grams bakers or strong flour
- enough besan (chick pea) flour to dust the outside of the loaf before baking
Do
- 1
Place all ingredients into the Thermomix bowl and knead 3 min/Interval, dough setting. Tip out into a bowl, cover and leave to proof for 24 hours with a couple of pull and folds as described in the lazy sourdough loaf video. Keep the folds underneath the dough as it rises.
- 2
When the dough has risen sufficiently to your liking, tip out onto a floured bench and do the last pull and folds needed. Form the loaf and rise it in a besan dusted banneton while you heat the Dutch oven to as high a temperature as it can go. (I go to 275°C) Rise at least a further 30 minutes.
- 3
Tip the bread onto a piece of baking paper, dust well with the besan flour, and then cut as you wish with a lame.
- 4
Transfer the paper and loaf to the hot Dutch oven, cover and bake 25 minutes on this high temperature. Remove cover, reduce temperature to 200-200°C and bake a further 20 minutes. The loaf will be dark and sound hollow when tapped.
- 5
Cool on a wire rack before cutting. Serve as you would any other sourdough, though this loaf is delicious with salmon, cheeses, fresh butter, salad, shaved ham etc.
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Tenina Holder is a wife, mother of five and grandmother of eight, who started cooking in the olden days before Thermomix was even a thing.
Tenina has become the premium go to source for all Thermomix expertise and of course fresh and easy recipes that work. Her cooking classes and foodie trips are sold out in literally hours, her cookbooks appear on the Australian best seller lists and her social reach is in the millions. Her Insider Club is the most fun you can have with a Thermomix and you really should join her! She believes chocolate, butter and salt are health foods. Her food positivity mantra is, eat everything, just not all at once!
