Claus Meyer Rye Bread Recipe

A slow-fermented rye starter gives the bread its signature earthy acidity. Building your own rye starter is easier than you think, so if you have the time, try making your own. If you're in a hurry, stop by your local bakery and ask nicely. Most bakers are happy to share a bit of sample starter to jump-start a good customer's home baking project. This home recipe also includes a small percentage of dry instant yeast; this added leavening acts as insurance against irregularities in home starters.

In a small bowl, mix ¾ cup cold water, the rye kernels, and the seeds. Cover with a cloth or plastic wrap and let soak at room temperature for 24 hours.

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In a separate bowl, mix the sourdough starter and ⅓ cup water. Add the rye flour and mix until fully absorbed. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let proof at room temperature for 24 hours.

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In a medium bowl, mix the soaked grains and ½ cup of the sourdough starter, then add the rye flour, ¼ cup plus 3 Tbsp (3 ½ fl. oz.) water, the malt syrup, salt, and yeast. Using your hands, mix the dough until the ingredients are evenly combined, about 2 minutes. (Dough will be very sticky.)

Grease a 9x4-inch loaf pan with oil. Add the dough, flattening it into an even layer with a spatula. Set in a warm place until the loaf has gained 30% volume or has risen to ¾ inches below the top of the pan, 2-3 hours.

Remove the loaf from the pan and set on a cooling rack. Let cool overnight before slicing or serving. Bread can be stored in a paper bag at room temperature for up to one week, or frozen in a plastic bag for up to two months. Serve thinly sliced.This is one of my personal favorites, and it’s also the most popular rye bread in our bakeries. It’s a light and tender loaf that stays fresh for a long time. Here, the fabulous, intense taste of dark malt and rye is supplemented by the lovely crunchiness of pumpkin seeds. If you can’t get your hands on cut rye berries, which give the bread a chewy bite, you can just as easily use cracked rye berries.

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Once you’ve decided you want to bake with a starter, you need to get your hands on an active specimen. There are several ways to do this:

Whether you want to make wheat or rye starter, the way you begin is the same. This process only needs to be done once, unless you’re unfortunate enough to have your starter die on you. Please note that, even if you are making a wheat starter, you need to use rye flour to start it (thereafter, you use only wheat flour to refresh a wheat starter). This is due to the fact that rye flour contains more of the microorganisms needed to activate a starter.

3. Pour the mixture into a plastic container with a lid, but seal the lid loosely to begin with. Let the starter stand at room temperature for 4 days, and whisk it thoroughly once a day. After 4 days, bubbles should appear on the surface and it should taste a little sour. If it does not taste sour, let the starter stand for another day or two.

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To rise properly without the addition of baker’s yeast, rye bread needs more active wild yeast cells than a loaf of bread made from wheat flour. Leaving your young rye starter in warm surroundings and refreshing it every day for four to five days will provide the environment that will increase the growth of wild yeast cells to the level needed for baking rye bread.

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The first time you refresh your starter, add 100 g (1/2 cup) of your new starter instead of rye starter, after which you follow the recipe below. Each time you refresh your starter, throw (or give) away what you won’t be using, or you’ll end up with far too much starter.

Publisher's Note: With regards to the three steps in the sequence above (labeled ‘Refreshing Rye Starter’), this refers to needing to refresh the Stock Starter with flour and water before you add it to the dough, to turn it into what Meyer calls a Young Starter. The purpose of this is to increase the production of the yeast cells and ‘dilute’ the acidity for a better taste. The recipe and method for these steps is below under the heading ‘Refresh Your Rye Stock Starter 12-24 hours Before Use’. ‘New starter’ in this context refers to the start-up starter recipe. So, to clarify, the first time you refresh the starter you should discard the quantity you don’t need, make a new starter from scratch and add it (see ‘How To Make a Rye Starter From Scratch’), then follow the method ‘Refresh Your Rye Stock Starter 12-24 hours Before Use’.

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If young rye starter remains unused for more than a couple of days, it needs to be refreshed before it can be used to bake rye bread. Young rye starter needs to stand for at least 10 hours before being added to rye dough, as it should be more acidic and smell a little vinegary in comparison with young wheat starter.

2. Add the stock rye starter to a bowl and stir in the water. Add the flour and mix well until smooth.

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3. Let the bowl stand at room temperature. The starter is ready to use when it starts bubbling slightly on the surface, tastes like a sour dairy product, and smells like a mixture of honey, champagne, and the foam of dark beer. This can take approximately 10 hours, but varies depending on how active your stock starter is and the room temperature. Now you have both your new young starter for baking and your new stock starter for next time you wish to bake.

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If you bake regularly, you’ll refresh your stock starter automatically, which will provide it with the nourishment it needs to stay in shape. However, if you keep your stock starter in the fridge, you will need to refresh it even if you are not actually planning to bake.

We recommend that you show your stock starter some loving care and attention by refreshing it once a month, even though it can actually survive longer unattended. Simply discard half of the stock starter before adding water and flour in a 1:1 ratio to yield approximately the same volume and texture. Shortly after, the starter will divide into a clear layer on top and a layer of flour at the bottom, but this is quite normal.

Warning: Never store a starter sealed in a glass jar with an airtight lid. On rare occasions, a starter can develop enough carbon dioxide to exert high pressure inside the sealed container. An airtight lid will lock the expanding gas inside, where it may build up enough pressure to explode. It is always safest to store starter in a plastic container with a flexible lid.

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The day before you want to actually bake your rye bread, you need to refresh your rye stock starter to make sure it’s completely up and running and able to help your rye dough rise. Take your rye stock starter from the fridge, refresh with rye flour 
and water, to turn it into young starter. Let stand at room temperature. Once its surface starts bubbling and frothing, after 12 to 24 hours, the starter is “awake” and ready to be put to use. Take out the amount you want to use for baking, and put the rest back in the fridge (or keep it at room temperature, depending on when you next expect to bake rye bread). This will be your new rye stock starter. If you’re not convinced that your rye starter is up to the job, you can always add 
1 tablespoon of fresh baker’s yeast to the final dough.

Note: The gluten in rye flour is different from that in wheat flour, and it doesn’t bind as well, which is something you should remember when mixing your rye dough.

At the same time that you refresh your natural stock starter, 12 to 24 hours before baking, mix the cut rye berries and pumpkin seeds in a bowl and add the water. Cover and let stand at room temperature.

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As mentioned, rye flour doesn’t contain gluten strands, so when you make rye dough, the aim is to mix all the ingredients and make the dough as homogeneous as possible. And as you also want your rye dough to be as hydrated as possible to ensure a tender crumb, baking rye bread in pans is usually the best option.

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Tip: You can put a piece of nonstick parchment paper in the baking pan if you want to make sure you’ll be able to get the finished loaf out in one piece rather than in bits and pieces, which are then impossible to slice. Grease the baking pan with a little butter and then line the pan with nonstick parchment paper. The butter will help the