Five-Grain Bread with Pâte Fermentée

Fragrant and Full of Flavor, this multigrain bread is a pleasure to make, a pleasure to look at with all the soaker grains studding the loaf, and a pleasure to eat—a bread that is at once flavorful yet light. As a variation, toast the sunflower seeds rather than soaking them with the other grains, and notice the deep nuttiness that pervades the loaf.