Breads & bakes

Sourdough bread

From
Diljá
Makes
Makes 3 loaves

Ingredients

Day 1

  • 355 g plain flour13 oz plain flour
  • 500 g wholemeal flour1 lb wholemeal flour
  • 575 g rye flour1¼ lb rye flour
  • sourdough starter (The 1 dl kept back from the previous batch (see day 2).)
  • 15 dl water, lukewarm6⅓ cups water, lukewarm
  • 3 tbsp salt

Day 2

  • ½ litre Malt drink (Icelandic Malt is a sweet, dark, non-alcoholic malt drink; use Supermalt, Vitamalt or a dark malt beer.)2 cups Malt drink (Icelandic Malt is a sweet, dark, non-alcoholic malt drink; use Supermalt, Vitamalt or a dark malt beer.)
  • 1½ tbsp brown sugar
  • 750 g rye kernels, cracked1¾ lb rye kernels, cracked
  • 2 dl linseeds (flaxseeds)¾ cup linseeds (flaxseeds)
  • 1 dl sesame seeds½ cup sesame seeds
  • 1 dl sunflower seeds½ cup sunflower seeds
  • 1 dl buckwheat groats½ cup buckwheat groats

Method

Day 1

  1. Dissolve the starter in the water, then add the salt and all the flour.
  2. Leave to rise for 24 hours.

Day 2

  1. Take out 1 dl of the dough and keep it as the starter for next time.Take out ½ cup of the dough and keep it as the starter for next time.
  2. Mix the Malt, brown sugar, cracked rye and all the seeds into the dough.
  3. Divide the dough between 3 greased loaf tins, about 1½ kg in each.Divide the dough between 3 greased loaf tins, about 3¼ lb in each.
  4. Leave to rise for at least 1 hour 15 minutes. Heat the oven to 180°C.Leave to rise for at least 1 hour 15 minutes. Heat the oven to 350 °F.
  5. Bake for about 1 hour 15 minutes.
  6. Turn the loaves out of the tins and cool on a wire rack.

As she wrote it

Her page in the recipe book
Súrdeigsbrauð
(Diljá)
I dag: 355 hveiti - 500 gr. heilhveiti 575 gr. Rúgmjöl + súrdeigið - 15 dl. volgt vatn - 3 msk. salt
Leysa súrdeig upp í vatninu + salt + mjöl. Láta hefast í 24 klst.
II dag: (Taka 1 dl. af súrd. og geyma þar til næst)
1/2 L: Malt - 1 1/2 msk. púðursykur 750 gr: brotnir Rúgkjarnar 2 dl. hörfræ - 1 dl. sesamfræ 1 dl. Sólblómafræ 1 dl. Bókhveitikjarnar
Láta hefast í + 1 klst og 15 min. Baka í ca. 1 klst. og 15 min án forma (3 form) ca. 1 1/2 kg. deig í hvert form.