August 24, 2007

A Cucumber pickle juice rye Bread

It's Not a mistake, really not - A Cucumber pickle juice rye Bread !
It's a simple sour rye bread, the souring comes from the cucumber pickle juice (which I made freshly this week).The recipe is taken from Dan Lepard's Cookbook : The Handmade Loaf.Here is Dan's web site [ previously recipes from this Cookbook are Here : Chelsea buns , and the Simple milk loaf ]; I've got 2 small loafs, very dark brown and not too sour.The use of toasted rye flour is very interesting , you have to spread the flour in a thin layer over a baking sheet and bake it until it's "tannish brown", then adding strong flour, salt, yeast, the cucumber pickle juice and fresh dill- ( I didn't add the dill). I didn't get the "polished oak crust" as shown in the Cookbook ,But I tried.. [you have to cook a strach paste, and then brush the loafs with it ,15 minutes before finishing the baking.Here are some pictures, How I made my rye Bread. [On left in the large photo is the Turkish Pide Bread , and the Rosemary Rolls -panini di ramerino and 2 slices of the Cucumber pickle juice rye Bread ].Feel free to enlarge every pic and thanks for reading my new kitchen experience :-)


The last pickled Cucumber
Yeast mixed with Cucumber pickle juice - into the 2 flours

The dark dough is ready ..

"give the dough a turn.."- I hope I did it in the right way



  The baked loaf
 slicing the Bread thinly.. לחם שיפון

Baking the Rosemary Rolls -panini di ramerino again, the recipe is Here , today I've baked them for 25 minutes. לחמניות רוזמרין וצימוקים מטוסקנה

2 new cookies for today : the darker cookie is the "Coconut and Nutella Oatmeal Cookies I 've got darker cookies, but fine, we like them.[don't forget to add the 1.5 cups oats ] More recipes and wonderful post are Here. מימין-עוגיות נוטלה-שיבולת שועל וקוקוס

On left are the Spiced cookies, here is the recipe: משמאל בתמונה -עוגיות מתובלותPreheat the oven to 350F .Cream 175 gr butter+175 gr demarra sugar until light and fluffy.Sieve 225 AP flour+pinch of salt+1/2 ts baking soda+1 ts cinnamon+1/2 ts nutmeg, Add this to the creamed mixture, mix well. Add 2 TB Brandy.Using 2 teaspoons place small mounds of the mixture on a baking tray,placing them apart.Flatten each one slightly with a fork.Bake for 12+- minutes-until golden.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

hi chanit - sarah here from thedeliciouslife and tastespotting. thanks for the submission - pickles and rye bread are two of my favorite things. can't be bad together

Viji said...

Lovely bread and cookies Chanit. Viji

Anonymous said...

I just got the new bread book from Daniel Leader...

Great work Chanit!

Marta said...

Won-der-ful ;)

Chanita Harel חני הראל said...

Hi sarah ,
What a good surprise ! thanks for visiting, you are welcome .
I realy love both sites :-)

Chanita Harel חני הראל said...

Dear viji
thank you very much for your comments.
It was nice to have some cookies after there were nothing sweet at all. And the Bread..It was a lovely experience , now I'm thinking of the next Bread ..:-)

3:42 PM, August 29, 2007

Chanita Harel חני הראל said...

Dear ulrike
I'm glad to see you here, thank you !
Daniel Leader's name is new to me,so now I'm reading about him , here:

http://www.breadalone.com/danleader.htm

I'm happy for you :-)

Chanita Harel חני הראל said...

Thank you marta ! :-)

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