Louisburg Soldiers Bread
From jo_jo_ba 16 years ago
- 65 minutes to make
- Serves 48
A recreation of the rustic loaves they both serve and sell at the Fortress of Louisburg in Nova Scotia (http://www.louisbourg.ca/fort/). Dense, rich crumb, perfect for sandwiches!
Ingredients
- 6 cups warm water shopping list
- 1 tbsp sugar shopping list
- 2 tbsp dry active yeast shopping list
- 4 cups rye flour shopping list
- 12 cups whole wheat flour shopping list
- 2 tbsp salt shopping list
How to make it
- In a large bowl mix together water, sugar, yeast and rye flour and 3 cups whole wheat flour. Beat 100 strokes.
- Cover and let sit for 1 hour.
- Stir down and mix in the salt.
- Add remaining flour 1 cup at a time until dough comes away from sides of bowl.
- Turn out and knead 15 minutes.
- Place dough in greased bowl and turn to coat.
- Cover and let rise until double, about 1 hour.
- Punch down, turn out and knead 5 minutes more.
- Divide into 4 equal portions, shape in slightly flattened rounds and place on greased cookie sheets, 4 inches apart.
- Allow to rise 45 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Bake the loaves for 20 minutes, reduce heat to 350F and bake a further 45 minutes.
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