{"id":4359,"date":"2011-06-19T15:59:01","date_gmt":"2011-06-19T19:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/?p=4359"},"modified":"2011-06-19T15:59:01","modified_gmt":"2011-06-19T19:59:01","slug":"the-essentials-of-a-good-rye-or-why-i-ground-my-own-flour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=4359","title":{"rendered":"The essentials of a good rye (or why I ground my own flour!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I was looking for a good rye bread yesterday.<\/p>\n

I had depleted my freezer supply.<\/p>\n

Run out of the last baking I did in Chincoteague.<\/p>\n

And I just can\u2019t buy the insipid loaves they sell at the stores locally.<\/p>\n

I went to the bulk food store to buy some flour,<\/p>\n

and all they had was a very fine white rye flour.<\/p>\n

Sad. SAD. downright sad.<\/p>\n

So I bought some rye berries-<\/p>\n

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got out my grinding apparatus-<\/p>\n

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And ground my own dark rye flour.<\/p>\n

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The little red hen hasn\u2019t got anything on me!<\/p>\n

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It took a little while because my grinder is<\/p>\n

almost as old as I am.\u00a0 And it is done by<\/p>\n

hand- and I didn\u2019t have it clamped down on<\/p>\n

my husband\u2019s new table.<\/p>\n

But I ended up with almost a cup and figured<\/p>\n

that would give me enough fiber and texture<\/p>\n

in my loaves.<\/p>\n

Then I fed up my sourdough and added 1 cup of<\/p>\n

the white rye and 3\/4 cup warm water and let that<\/p>\n

prove overnight.<\/p>\n

At the same time, I followed Joanna\u2019s advice,<\/a><\/p>\n

and poured hot water on another cup of white<\/p>\n

rye and stirred until smooth and then left with<\/p>\n

the sourdough starter poolish\/sponge to prove<\/p>\n

for at least 8 hours (overnight).<\/p>\n

This morning I added the rough ground flour, 2 tsp.<\/p>\n

sea salt, 2 TBS butter, and 1\/4 cup sorghum molasses<\/p>\n

and enough water and high gluten wheat flour to<\/p>\n

give me enough dough for 2 loaves of bread.<\/p>\n

I put the dough in a warm place to raise for an hour,<\/p>\n

then shaped it into two loaves- one for the banneton<\/p>\n

and one in a loaf tin, covered them loosely and then<\/p>\n

let them raise another hour and a half.<\/p>\n

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<\/em>I added some golden flaxseed for flavour and<\/p>\n

beauty and made the mistake of cutting a vent<\/p>\n

in the top.\u00a0 I think it destroyed the integrity of<\/p>\n

the gluten cloak and the loaf got sloppy in shape.<\/p>\n

Then I baked them a 375 F for about 45 minutes.<\/p>\n

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Although I\u2019m not entering them into a beauty<\/p>\n

contest.<\/p>\n

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And I sliced it for a crumb shot before it cooled<\/p>\n

completely.<\/p>\n

All in all, I am quite happy!<\/p>\n

I love rye bread with golden flax seed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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