Eric's fav Rye wth clas and zoji
I was quite excited reading about the beautiful loaves posted [1] using Eric's Fav Rye [2].
Here is mine right out of the Zoji Bread M Oven!!! The fragrance is something to inhale and inhale. It will be hard to wait before I can get a slice off the end.
The recipe is here [3] on foodgeek (I use Safari if Chrome doesn't bring it up.)
In place of the rye starter in the original recipe (at 80% hydr.), I used the same weight in clas (actually my discards from Day 3 of Sergey's 4-Day clas, 150% [4]). I adjusted the water and total rye at the Sponge stage to match the original recipe.
I also mixed in the black caraway in the sponge step (instead of mixing it into the final dough). It went for 7 hrs. I believe this contributes a lot to the amazing fragrance.
Owing to a generous gift from a tfl-er, I had the clear flour too! The dough had such a great bouncy resilience and I could tell this loaf would be special. On 1/2 tsp diy for about 500g total flour, the rise was terrific too.
I wanted to get to a golden color and so the final dough temp went to 207F instead of the 190+F suggested.
It is a delight to make this loaf. :)