Multigrain sourdough bread
- Oven
- 240 °C240 °C (475 °F)
Ingredients
- 1 kg flour (The question marks are the author's; the kind of flour isn't given. Strong white bread flour, perhaps with some wholemeal, works.)2¼ lb flour (The question marks are the author's; the kind of flour isn't given. Strong white bread flour, perhaps with some wholemeal, works.)
- 150 g mixed grains and seeds5½ oz mixed grains and seeds
- 650 g water, lukewarm1½ lb water, lukewarm
- 20 g salt½ oz salt
- 2 tbsp honey
- 200 g active sourdough starter7 oz active sourdough starter
Method
- Stir the starter and honey into the water. Add the flour and grains and mix. Leave for 30 minutes, then add the salt and knead well.
- Cover and leave the dough to rise for 4–5 hours, stretching and folding it a few times during the first 2 hours.
- Shape into a round loaf, put it in a floured proving basket (or a bowl lined with a floured tea towel) and leave to prove in the fridge overnight.
- Heat the oven to 275°C with a lidded cast-iron pot inside.Heat the oven to 525 °F with a lidded cast-iron pot inside.
- Turn the loaf into the hot pot, put the lid on and put it in the oven. Turn the heat straight down to 240°C and bake for 25 minutes.Turn the loaf into the hot pot, put the lid on and put it in the oven. Turn the heat straight down to 475 °F and bake for 25 minutes.
- Take the lid off and bake for about 35 minutes more.
- Let the bread cool on a wire rack before slicing.
As she wrote it

Fjölkorna súrdeigsbrauð.
1kg. mjöl ??— 150 gr. allsk. korn
650 gr. vatn — 20 gr. salt
2 msk. hunang — 200 gr. súr
275°C lækka strax í 240°C
í 25 mín. Taka lokið af
og baka í ca. 35 mín.