And today, dear friends, we are preparing not a lot, not a little rye bread with sourdough. In the world of culinary art, a hostess who knows how to bake bread herself with her own hands is considered a super pro. And when her signature dish is a recipe for sourdough rye bread, she is the goddess of cooking. We will try our best to have such a recipe in your cookbook as well. But first of all, we will talk a little about the history of this wonderful dish and its features.
Sourdough bread is made from dough that contains lactic acid bacteria. This method has been used since ancient times to loosen and lighten the dough. Of course, today it is more common to use the so-called cultivated forms of yeast for baking, because they rise faster and there is more fuss with them. But today, more and more accusations are made against yeast. They are called harmful to the body, toxic and contributing to weight gain.
On the other hand, even nutritionists consider the leaven to be very useful and it is recommended to cook bread with its use. The tradition of sourdough cooking dates back to the beginning of baking in about 3700 BC. and according to legend it was on the territory of today's Switzerland. While the yeast we are accustomed to began to be produced about 150 years ago. Ancient bakers used the dough left the day before for fermentation, and we suggest you do it today. We made rye sourdough bread at home earlier, and now we just use it to bake rye sourdough bread in the oven. So let's start.
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If you were interested in how to make sourdough for rye bread, you probably already made sure that this is a completely natural product. Such bread will be obtained as a result of fermentation of living bacteria that are very useful for digestion and therefore will become not only not harmful, but also a very useful product in the diet. It is good both on its own and in addition to any sandwich. Try to cook it - it may not be very fast for it is very tasty and healthy.
Do you know how to make sourdough for rye or any other bread? Or maybe you have a branded bread recipe? We are looking forward to your letters and photos. Let's cook together - it's fun and very informative, always your HozOboz!