Country-Style Bread

Name: Country-Style Bread
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 6 oz Rye sourdough starter III (see page 106); 1 lb 8 oz Bread flour; 6 oz Rye flour; 0.6 oz Salt; 0.5 oz Fresh yeast; 1 lb 4 oz Water; 0.6 oz Lard or goose fat (optional)

A classic French country-style bread made with a rye sourdough starter and a small amount of commercial yeast. Lard or goose fat can be incorporated into the dough.

1h 10m

Easy

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Ingredients

Rye sourdough starter III (see page 106) 6 oz

Bread flour 1 lb 8 oz

Rye flour 6 oz

Salt 0.6 oz

Fresh yeast 0.5 oz

Water 1 lb 4 oz

Lard or goose fat (optional) 0.6 oz

Instructions

Mixing

Use the straight dough method (mixed fermentation, see page 68) and mix on first speed for 12 minutes.

Fermentation

Ferment at a warm room temperature for 1 hour.

Shaping

Divide into 1 lb 12 oz (950 g) pieces. Shape into tight round loaves. Flour the surface before proofing. Score a cross or grid pattern on the surface before baking.