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Making rye bread at home can seem a little intimidating because sticky heavy rye dough is fussy and more challenging to work with due to its weak gluten, but really there is no need for it with this easy date and rye bread recipe which used just 30% of rye. The dough is a bit sticky, but don’t compensate for the stickiness by adding more flour during kneading or you would end up with a dry and hard bread. Keep a bowl of cold water handy for dipping your hands in, rather than adding more flour to the dough if you are going to hand-knead the dough. Towards the end of kneading, you can also oil your hands to keep the dough from sticking to your hands. The wholegrain rye flour and sweet dates are a perfect pairing and this crusty dark loaf goes brilliantly with some aged cheese or simply slathered with butter.
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- Whisk the water with the honey until it dissolves, then whisk in the dried active yeast. Leave for 10-15 minutes until the liquid has a froth on top.
- Mix together the flours and salt in the bowl of your mixer. Pour in the yeasty mixture and mix at low speed until you have a sticky dough. Increase the speed and knead the dough for 5 minutes until the consistency of the dough becomes smooth and elastic. (Or mix with a wooden spoon until you have a sticky dough, then tip onto a floured work surface and knead for 5-10 minutes until the dough feels smooth and a finger indent pops out quickly.)
- Turn out the dough and shape into a ball. Grease the mixing bowl with a bit of olive oil and return the dough ball to the bowl. Cover with clingfilm and leave in a warm place for an hour, or until it doubles in size.
- Tip the risen dough onto a floured surface, then knead briefly to knock the air out. Sprinkle over the chopped dates and knead them into the dough.
- Shape the dough into a tight round or oval ball and place it seam side up into a floured proof basket. You can put the dough directly, seam side down, on a floured baking sheet too. Cover and leave for an hour to prove again.
- Heat the oven to 220C/430F with a tray of water at the bottom of the oven. Bake the loaf for 20 minutes. Remove the tray of water and lower the temperature to 200C/400F and bake for a further 20 minutes until crusty and golden brown. Cool completely before slicing.
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29 comments:
Such a great warm bread to feast on a Sunday!
Oh, I could make a meal with a little butter. Awesome bread!
This looks like a bread that would please many in my family!
...I love rye bread!
Angie good idea is to wet your hands and not add flour so as not to modify the proportions.
Me parece el pan más rico del mundo
Delicious
Looks yummy, thanks for sharing!
Take care, have a wonderful week ahead.
I'm going to make it!!....I imagine it with a slice of cheese and I love it!.......Abrazotes, Marcela
The bread looks good. It is growing on me
Looks ser gut indeed.
A slice of this sweet bread would make my day.
Gracias por la receta. te mando un beso.
I sure do like rye bread and the dates are a bonus!
Your breads always look so perfectly made. The dates must add a wonderful flavor.
This looks so good. I always use mys stand mixer, but that's a great tip for hand kneading.
Tandy (Lavender and Lime) https://tandysinclair.com
All those work and patience, it is worthy. The bread looked so good.
Looks delicious and thanks for the tips too.
What a lovely combo, date and rye! This bread would make a delicious Grilled Cheese bread.
Never thought dates are that great match to rye. Bravo !
It sounds like an interesting combination of flavors - dates and rye. I would have never thought of it.
Rye bread is high on my list, dates not so much.
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I bet this is yummy, especially if you like dates. And I do!
Rye bread is one of my favourites.
I would eat such bread, but I can't eat gluten for now.
I love rye bread, and the addition of dates sounds also lovely!
this looks delicious and interesting Angie.
sherry
bellissimo pane!
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