Gingerbread at home
Description
The baking is simple and quick. If you'd like to make something more original than classic yeast bread, I suggest preparing sourdough ginger bread. This baked good is not only very healthy thanks to being yeast-free, but also delicious due to the ginger infusion—a mixture of lemon juice, ground ginger, and lemon zest. The bread turns out quite large, so it's perfect for a big family. Serve ginger bread with soups or as toast with butter. It goes well with tea or coffee.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. Prepare the starter: dilute the starter with room-temperature water and mix well. Add the sifted flour and mix. Cover the mixture with plastic wrap and let it sit for 8 hours at room temperature.
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Step 2
2. Pour boiling water over ground ginger, add sugar and mix thoroughly. Let it sit for 20 minutes. Add lemon juice and lemon zest, mix again. Place the starter into the mixer bowl, add the infused ginger mixture and sifted flour.
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Step 3
3. Add salt and sugar, knead the dough in a mixer for 3 minutes at speed 1. Turn off the mixer, cover with a lid, and let rest for 15 minutes. Add melted and slightly warm butter to the dough.
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Step 4
4. Knead the dough at speed 2 until the dough has absorbed all the butter. Transfer the dough to a bowl, shape into a ball, cover with plastic wrap, and let rest for 3 hours. Place the dough onto a floured surface. Cut off a small piece of dough, roll it into a ball, and set aside.
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Step 5
5. Shape the remaining dough into a ball, flip it seam-side down, and form into a round ball. Transfer the dough to parchment paper. Take the reserved portion of dough, stretch it into a flat disc and roll it out into a thin sheet. Make several holes in it, place it over the dough, and tuck the edges underneath.
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Step 6
6. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and let it rest for 1 hour. Brush the bread surface with egg beaten with water. Preheat the oven with a baking stone to 180 degrees, bake the bread for 40 minutes. Cool the bread on a wire rack.