Honey and Rye Sourdough Loaf

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Delicious honey and rye sourdough bread.

5 from 11 votes

A delicious rye sourdough loaf with a hint of honey sweetness. The addition of wheat flour makes for a dough that's easier to handle, without losing out on the rich rye taste.

Servings: slices

Author: Helen Best-Shaw

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time40 mins

Rising9 hrs

Total Time9 hrs 50 mins

Ingredients

150 ml water
1 tsp salt
150 ml milk
2 tbsp honey
80 g sourdough leaven - (ripe, using equal quantities of flour and water).
200 g rye flour
200 g strong white bread flour

Instructions

Mix the water and milk, and measure and reserve 20 ml. Dissolve the honey into the bulk of the liquid.
Add the salt to the 20ml reserved liquid, and stir to dissolve.
Add ripe leaven to the honey, milk and water mixture, and whisk together.
Add flours to the liquid. Add both types of flour slowly to the liquid, mixing together form a rough dough. Leave for an hour.
Sprinkle the salt liquid over the dough. Stretch and fold the dough 5–6 times to incorporate into the loaf.
Leave to rise for 4–6 hours, depending on room temperature. The dough is ready when it has visibly increased in size, and feels light and spongy to the touch.
Form the dough into a loaf shape and rest it (seam down) for 10–15 minutes. Coat
the inside of a banneton (proving basket) with rye flour. Transfer your loaf, seam up, into the banneton to prove for a further 1–2 hours. It's ready when the dough just starts to lose springiness.
Bake in a pre-heated oven at 220°C/Gas mark 7 for 25 minutes with a dish of boiling water set in the bottom of the oven, or use a Dutch oven or preheated baking cloche.
Turn the oven down to 200°C/Gas mark 6 for a further 20 minutes, and remove the lid of the baking pot. The loaf is ready when it sounds hollow when tapped on the bottom. Allow
to cool completely before slicing.

Notes

Use up leftover leaven in our leftover sourdough leaven loaf

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