Sourdough Leaf

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Soaker:
50 g whole kamut flour
50 g spelt flour
50 g whole teff flour
50 g whole buckwheat flour
50 g whole amaranth flour
250 g hot water
Mix and set aside for  at least12 hours.

Sourdough Starter:
145 g  rye sourdough, refreshed overnight
145 g water
145 g stone ground rye flour
Let ferment for 6-8 hours.

Cranberries:
227 g dried cranberries
hot water (enough to cover the fruit)
173 g whole wheat flour
20 g salt
Soak the cranberries in hot water for 6-8 hours. Drain and combine with the flour and salt.


Final dough:
all of the starter and soaker
478 g water
750 g whole wheat flour
In a large mixing bowl combine the water, starter and soaker. Add the flour and knead the dough. Autolyse for 1 hour.
Then add the cranberries and work them through the dough*. Set aside for 1 hour. Stretch and fold the dough. Let sit for another hour. S&F again and let rest for 1 hour. Remove the dough from the mixing bowl and let relax for 20 minutes. Shape the loaf and cut  the shaped loaf deeply with chef shears.

Let proof for 2 hours and then preheat your oven to 500F. Bake in steamed oven for 20 minutes at 480F, for another 20 minutes at 450F and for 10 minutes at 400F.

Black Swan Bread

To the mostly rye dough I have added  a lot of black ingredients and  named the loaf BLACK SWAN. I have asked my talented husband to draw a swan to stencil the bread.

Recipe:

300 g bubbling whole wheat sourdough
300g dark beer
300 g  rye flour, dark, stone ground
Let ferment for 3 hours.
Then add:
506 g water
100g whole buckwheat flour
2 tablespoons poppy seeds
2 tablespoons black caraway
2 tablespoons black sesame
2 tablespoons chia seeds
562 g stone ground rye flour
Mix the ingredients and set aside for 40 minutes. Then add:
180 g dried prunes
20.8 g  grey coarse salt
Let ferment for 3 hours. Preshape the loaf and set aside for 15 minutes. Shape the loaf and  put it into a proofing basket. Let proof for 6 hours at room temperature. Preheat your oven to 500F. Bake with steam for 15 minutes. Reduce the temperature to 470F and bake for 30 minutes.

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Seeded Sourdough with a Multigrain Soaker/ Bochenek Najezony Nasionami i Ziarnami

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Soaker:/Namaczanka:

76 g cracked barley/ lamanych ziaren jeczmienia

50g whole barley flour/maki jeczmiennej razowej

102 whole buckwheat flour/maki gryczanej razowej

116 g sunflower seeds/ziaren slonecznika

88 g flax seeds/siemienia lnianego brazowego

500g hot water/wrzatku

Mix the ingredients of the soaker. Cover and let sit for 8-12 hours.

Final dough:/ Ciasto chlebowe:

320 g rye sourdough starter (mature, 100% hydration)/zakwasu zytniego

263 g water/wody

600g whole wheat flour/maki pszennej razowej

20 g salt/soli

Cover and ferment for 3 hours and 30 minutes, with folds after 90 minutes and 180 minutes. Preshape into ball and let rest, covered, for 15 minutes. Shape the boule, put it into proofing basket, cover and proof for 45 minutes at room temperature. Refrigerate overnight for retarding./
Przykryc ciasto i odstawic na 3 i pol godziny do fermentacji. Rozciagnac i zlozyc ciasto po 90  i 180 minutach. Uformowac kule z ciasta i odstawic na kwadrans, Uformowac bochenek, wlozyc do kosza, przykryl i zostawic w kuchni na 45 minut. Wlozyc do lodowki na noc.

In the morning, remove the dough from the refrigerator.Preheat the oven, with baking stone, to 500F. Bake with steam for 15 minutes./
Rano wyciagnac chleb z lodowki. Rozgrzac piekarnik z kamieniem do 250C. Piec w tej temperaturze z para przez 15 minut.

Then reduce the temperature to 450F and bake for another 25 minutes or so without steam. Then turn off the oven and leave the loaf in for another 10 minutes, with the door ajar./
Obnizyc temperature do 230C i piec przez 25 minut. Wylaczyc piekarnik, uchylic drzwiczki i zostawic chleb na 10 minut.

Sourdough Buckwheat Bagels

For the XIII Festival of Jewish Culture SIMCHA I baked my version of bagels. The Bagel was brought to New York City by Jewish  Immigrants from Eastern Europe in the 1880s. Until the 1920s it was hardly known  in other parts of the United States. Not before the last quarter of the 20th century they has become popular throughout US.

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Inspired by the recipe from:Wanton Flavours.

Sourdough Starter:
150 g whole wheat sourdough
200 g whole wheat flour
200 g water

Final Dough:
550g sourdough starter
150g  water
450g whole wheat flour
100g buckwheat flour
38g vegetable oil
15g salt

Mix these all ingredients to form a stiffish dough. Let sit for 10 minutes and knead  the dough for about 10 minutes in  its bowl. Then leave the dough to rise in a warm place for 3  hours.
Remove the dough from the bowl and  knead it briefly.  Then divide into 12 pieces, forming each segment into a flattened ball (each one should weigh about 100g).

Form it into the traditional bagel shape

•  by sticking your finger through the middle to form the hole

•  or by rolling the ball into a cigar shape and joining the ends to make the ring shape.

 Place the bagels on this tray, cover them and let proof at room temperature for 3 hours. Then refrigerate overnight for retarding to allow the flavours to develop.

The next morning, turn on the oven 450F. Remove the bagels from refrigerator. (*I didn't boil them.)  Brush them with some milk and  top with poppy seeds, white and black sesame seed or any seeds of your choice.

Then bake  the bagels at 400F for about 20 minutes with steam.