I broke the rules and cut the bread whilst it was still warm- I couldn’t
help myself. I was hungry.
It was lunchtime and I wanted –
This for lunch. Avocado with lots of black pepper on rye!
This is one of my ALL-TIME favorite sandwiches.
But first I had to make the bread.
My starter had been complaining of not being used enough.
My bread had become rather white and boring- mostly toast bread for my husband’s
breakfast.
And so I decided to make a marble that he could toast and I could enjoy.
I made a classic sourdough rye-
1 cup starter (sorry Celia and Joanna- I don’t know the saturation- but I had been feeding
it a cup of water (approx) to a cup of flour (again, approximate)- for several days before I
used it.)
2 cups dark rye flour
1 cup white rye flour
1 cup high gluten white bread flour
1 tsp yeast
I- 1 1/2 cups warm water
2 tsp sugar
1 TBS salt
2 TBS molasses
3 TBS butter
1/2 cup milk scalded
3 tsp caraway seeds
I added all the flours to the starter and mixed in the water with the sugar and yeast
proofed into it at once. ( Did I mention I wanted to eat the avocado sandwich for lunch?)
Then I scalded the milk for 2 minutes on high in the microwave, added the butter and molasses
and mixed that into the dough, adding the salt and seeds last.
Mixed it well, kneaded it for about 10 minutes and shaped into a ball to raise.
Then I made a quick white bread-
3 cups bread flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp yeast
1 1/2 cups water
– proofed the yeast with the water, added flour and salt- and kneaded for about
5 minutes and then put into greased bowl and allowed to raise.
After about 45 minutes- I divided the dough in half and made two loaves (it wasn’t actually
in half I had a Large ball and a medium ball) –one a long loaf and one shaped in the banneton.
For the shaping, I rolled out the rye, and then place a smaller piece of white dough on top and
rolled it up, pinching it very severely to keep it in shape.
Slashed the long loaf and let them both raise for another 45minutes to an hour.
I then preheated the oven very hot- 500 F degrees and put in a tin of hot water
and placed the long loaf into the oven. I should have turned the heat down to 450 F but I
was distracted with the banneton loaf and was busy transferring it to a parchment papered
pan.
The slashes were too deep and the white bread broke through and the oven WAS
too hot, so the first loaf was quite dark.
I had turned down the temp for the second loaf- and it was quite pretty (which
was fortunate because I’m giving this loaf to some friends!)
I ended up baking the first loaf for about 45 minutes, the second loaf for almost
the same time- but at a lowered temperature.
But I did get my sandwich – only a little late for my regular lunch time- and it was
exactly what I wanted!
And that is part of the reason I love baking bread-
EATING BREAD!
Oh Heidi, That is on delicious bread. I had some for supper last night. I had ham, swiss cheese and rye. You make the best bread I’ve ever had.
Thank you- I’m pleased with it, as well.
And I think that is the best measure of a bread- the amount of pleasure it brings to you soul and mouth!
OOh I like the sound of that sandwich, I wish we had reliable avocados here, they are very hit and miss. I must try a marbled bread one of these days, it sounds like a great lunchtime bread recipe and looks fun to make too 🙂
We sometimes have the hit or miss varieties as well, Joanna- that’s why I was so happy to see Arthur’s fried avocado recipe- http://michelangelointhekitchen.blogspot.com/2011/07/fried-avocado-and-guacamole.html
in July. I know it sounds decadent- but they are VERY good deep fried and if your avocado isn’t the finest quality- it is still good deep fried.
And I love marbled rye because even people who don’t love rye will eat the marble. 🙂
Heidi, you’ve made a true hybrid loaf! Rye and white, sourdough and yeasted, all in one!
Your sourdough starter is kept at the same consistency as mine – 1 cup water to 1 cup flour – 166% hydration (here’s the math – 1 cup flour = 150g, 1 cup water = 250g, so 250/150 x 100 = 166%)
You know, Celia, I had a feeling that was true- I noticed that your addition was much like mine.
I like it this way- it doesn’t need to be fed as often, but is raring to go quickly.
It is a pretty loaf- and toasts up a dream. Plus – every time I make it I find I like it more.
And it always surprises people when they first slice into it! 🙂
166% , huh?
Your bread looks so fresh!! Incidentally, that is also one of my favourite ways of eating fresh bread – with avocado and lots of freshly cracked black pepper a pinch of salt! So simple and yet delicious and healthy too!
It sure beats out butter and jelly!
No one else at my house would consider eating this combination- so I make them a ham sandwich and eat my gourmet delight!
That’s the thing isn’t it. Does anyone make bread and not love it? Surely not! I bake, because I love of those simple lunch time pleasures of rye bread, avocado and barrels of black pepper (happy to see that too Heidi 🙂
…although I do have to fight The Monkeys off when ever there is avocado and black pepper within smelling range, sometimes I think I trained them TOO well.
HI Brydie!
It becomes a cycle- I make bread because I love it- I love it because I make it !
I must admit to being a bit of a snob.
I like GOOD bread.
I like Darjeeling tea.
I like fresh cracked pepper.
and diet coke.
I carry these things around with me, because I don’t like to drink orange pekoe tea(or most of Bigelow’s brands, which are the offerings at most places here) – and the pepper in most shakers is too fine and tasteless- and I can’t drink Pepsi or other colas- they just don’t taste good to me.
So I make my own bread and carry my tea, pepper and Coke with me.