Well as part of the general day (weather not nice no where open and I don't have a bike). It was a cooking baking day (it actually started last night but ran into today)
First I had a go at ciabatta.
Next was a Rye, whole meal, sour dough. bread that turned out beyond all expectations.
First disolved the sour dough and yeast starter in 500ml of warm water with 50ml of orange juice and 2 teaspoons of runny honey ;-).
Then mixed 375gr of rye flour, 275gr strong wheat flour and 100gr whole meal flour. to this added 2 table spoons of dried, roasted onions (the ones that you add to the top of hotdogs in Ikea) added the starter to the dry mixture and mixed for about 3 minutes and then added 2 teaspoons of salt and mixed for a further 2 minutes.
Covered and left to rise for 1 hour.(until it had doubled in size).
Then I divided the dough into 2 and formed these (very gently) into two loaves on a floured baking tray, gave them the Sweeny Todd effect (it does look nice). Covered and left to do their thing for another hour.
Into oven at 250°C for 10 minutes then reduce to 200°C for another 50 minutes. I placed a dish of water in the bottom of the oven to give it a bit of steam. Turned out and left to cool on a rack (well we did give it a try with a bit of butter. mmmmmmmmmmm, it was rather nice.
And the bread for the coming few days.
Notice the hole at the bottom, ahem! that is what happens when you try to cut bread when it's still warm, BUT, it does taste nice with butter melting into it.
Good looking bread :-).
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