100% Rye Bread

This loaf relies on you having a really good rye starter. Rye flour does not have the high gluten content of wheat grain and as a result has little capacity to stretch, trap and hold air bubbles and create a structure that will prove and rise.

A naturally leavened loaf of 100 per cent rye will be quite dense by nature. Rye bread will stay fresh longer than other breads. There are two reasons rye bread takes longer to stale: it is hydroscopic, so it absorbs moisture from the air and