Greenlandic Rye Bread

Dense dark rye loaf with seeds.

Ingredients

• 4 cups Rye flour
• 1 cup Flour
• 2 tsp Yeast
• 2 cups Warm water
• 3 tbsp Molasses
• ½ cup Sunflower seeds
• 2 tsp Salt

Method

1. Make the dough — Mix the flours, yeast, salt, molasses and warm water into a sticky heavy dough.
2. Add seeds — Work in most of the seeds.
3. Prove — Cover and rise 2 hours — rye rises slowly and never doubles like wheat.
4. Shape — Press into a loaf tin and scatter the remaining seeds on top.
5. Second rise — Prove 1 hour.
6. Bake — Bake at 180°C for 60 minutes until it sounds hollow underneath.
7. Rye Bread is ready — Cool completely before slicing — cutting warm rye makes it gummy.

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