Le Cordon Bleu

Rye bread

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    2 × 410 g

    loaves
    • Difficulty

      Medium

    • Ready in

      50 min

Appears in
Bread: Le Cordon Bleu Home Collection
Bread

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 2000

  • About

Rye is grown in the cool areas of northern and eastern Europe and Scandinavia, and makes a distinctively dense, slightly bitter flavoured bread.

Ingredients

  • 30 g (1 oz) fresh yeast or 1 tablespoon dried yeast

Method

  1. Prepare the yeast with 300 ml (10 fl oz) water and the sugar following the method in the Chef’s techniques.
  2. Sieve the flours and salt i