Bread
Description
The pastry is prepared simply and quickly. Despite the fact that "Soldier's" bread takes a long time overall, the cooking process does not require active effort; you just need to take care of preparing the starter in advance, and then everything goes very quickly. The bread will delight everyone who tries it, because it is very tasty; you can’t buy bread like this in modern bakeries. Follow the step-by-step recipe and cook with pleasure. It can be served with tea or coffee.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients; by this point, your starter should already be ready. It must be prepared in advance, 18–20 hours before you begin kneading the dough.
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Step 2
To prepare the starter, take 100 ml of warm boiled water, 30 grams of rye sourdough starter, and 100 grams of rye flour.
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Step 3
Mix warm water, rye sourdough starter, and flour. Cover with plastic wrap, place in a warm spot to ferment for 18–20 hours, or a little longer if needed.
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Step 4
The fermented starter does not increase much in volume, but inside it is porous with many bubbles and has a pleasant slightly sour smell.
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Step 5
To knead the dough, pour warm boiled water into a container and dissolve the salt and molasses in it.
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Step 6
Add the starter to the water, mix until smooth.
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Step 7
Add the sifted rye and wheat flour.
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Step 8
Knead the dough. Lastly, pour in the vegetable oil and work the oil into the dough.
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Step 9
Gather the dough into a ball, cover it with plastic wrap, and place it in a warm spot to ferment for 2 hours.
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Step 10
After 2 hours, the dough has risen well in size, and you can shape the bread.
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Step 11
Dust the work surface of the table with flour and place the dough on it. Do not knead the dough anymore, do not overload it with flour, just shape the bread.
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Step 12
Place the bread dough in a baking pan, which can be lightly greased with vegetable oil. Cover with a cloth and leave in a warm place to proof for 1 hour.
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Step 13
Preheat the oven to 250 degrees in advance; before baking, lightly sprinkle the bread with water. Sprinkle the walls of the preheated oven with water as well.
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Step 14
Bake the bread for the first 10 minutes at 250 degrees, then lower the temperature to 180 degrees and bake for another 40–45 minutes. Cool the baked bread on a rack to room temperature, no matter how much you want to cut off the fragrant crispy crust, since the process of forming the bread crumb is not yet complete.
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Step 15
The cooled bread can be served at the table; it is simply incredible—aromatic, delicious, with a crispy crust.
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Step 16
I can’t wait to cut a slice of bread and make myself a sandwich.