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Russian rye bread

From Vanessa Kimbell's 'The Sourdough School' (p. 127)

Notes

Kambell recommends scalding the wholegrain flour. If not using leaven, 1 day to 1 week old sourdough discard may be used. Keep discard in fridge till included. Charcoal is optional. Seeds are lightly toasted corriander or caraway. Autolyse is 4 hours, maintain at 28C. After autolyse add all else, temp can then be dropped to 22-24C. Kambell reccomends leaving for 2 days before eating to intensify the flavors.

Ingredients

Bakers % 500g total 1kg total 2kg total 3kg total 4kg total
Leaven Flour 35% 68 135 270 405 541
Leaven Water 31% 60 120 239 359 479
Leaven Starter 8.7% 17 34 67 101 134
Wolegrain Rye Flour 100% 193 386 772 1158 1544
Water 75% 145 290 579 869 1158
Black Treacle 5% 10 19 39 58 77
Seeds 2.75% 5.31 11 21 32 42
Salt 2.4% 4.63 9 19 28 37
Charcoal Powder 1% 2 4 8 12 15

Percentage total: 259%
Values have been rounded where the error would not be significant (p < 0.05).

Last compiled at 2026-01-29 10:54:17.539181