Russian Black Bread

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Russian Black Bread

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Fri Feb 19, 2021 7:07 pm

Good day for baking bread! I haven't made any Russian Black Bread for quite a while, so that was my choice this time. Has some dark cocoa, coffee powder, and some caramel powder, in addition to the blackstrap, for the dark color. About 60% rye, so it didn't rise a lot in baking.
ImageRussian Black Bread, before baking. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

ImageFinished Russian Black Bread. by pepperhead212, on Flickr
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Fri Feb 19, 2021 9:28 pm

It looks wonderful, and very authentic.
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Sat Feb 20, 2021 9:23 am

Those look great! Would you share your recipe? I'll have to check the freezer to see if I have any rye flour left!
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Sat Feb 20, 2021 10:29 am

Yummy.
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Sat Feb 20, 2021 3:07 pm

PhilaGardener wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 9:23 am Those look great! Would you share your recipe? I'll have to check the freezer to see if I have any rye flour left!
Here's that recipe. It's fairly fast and simple, if all ingredients are handy. It's not really 60% rye - I should have said that it's only about 40% wheat flour, as it also has 2 c of wheat bran, which is another thing making it more dense.

Russian Black Bread

4 tsp yeast, instant
2 3/4 cup(s) water
1/4 cup(s) blackstrap molasses
1 tsp sugar
2 cup(s) bran
4 cup(s) dark rye flour
1/4 cup(s) vinegar
5 tb oil
2 tb caraway seeds
2 tsp Russian caraway seeds (nigella)
1/2 tsp fennel seed; crushed
1 tb salt
2 tsp instant coffee powder
2 tsp onion powder
4 tb dark cocoa powder
2 tsp caramel powder (optional)
3-3.5 cups bread flour

A. Combine the yeast, water, molasses, sugar, bran, and rye flour in the mixer bowl and set aside while preparing remaining ingredients, to allow the water to be absorbed. Add the vinegar, oil, seeds, salt, coffee, cocoa, and onion powder, and mix well. Add the bread flour a cup at a time, leaving it just a little moist. Knead 6-7 min. on medium with the dough hook, or 10 min. by hand. Place into an oiled bowl and roll over to coat. Cover and let rise 1 1/2 hrs. or until doubled, turning after 15 and 30 min.

B. Punch dough down and divide into two pieces. Shape each into a round loaf, or place in two 2 lb. loaf pans. Spray with oil, and cover with plastic. Let rise 45 min., or until about doubled.

C. Bake 1 hr at 350º, or less if using a stone at higher temps. I also bake less time in a convection oven - about 45-50 min. at 300º. Cool on a wire rack.
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Wed Dec 14, 2022 4:15 pm

I made Russian black bread again, this time with sourdough, but left the vinegar out, since it doesn't need the acid.
ImageSourdough Russian black bread, almost ready to go into the oven. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

ImageFinished black bread. by pepperhead212, on Flickr
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Post: # 97482Unread post pepperhead212
Sat May 13, 2023 8:20 pm

Made another batch of Russian black bread today, this time starting the night before with a rye poolish. And this time I used WW flour, instead of bread, but added some gluten.
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Sat May 13, 2023 11:39 pm

Wow that looks so good, I bet it would be great with cream cheese.
There is a Pilgrim's health food store in Coeur d'Alene that has all the hippie type ingredients we bought in the '60s , except now it's super expensive Yuppie food.

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Sat May 13, 2023 11:48 pm

LindaJean wrote: Sat May 13, 2023 11:39 pm Wow that looks so good, I bet it would be great with cream cheese.
There is a Pilgrim's health food store in Coeur d'Alene that has all the hippie type ingredients we bought in the '60s , except now it's super expensive Yuppie food.
Yep they've ruined everything from chicken wings to Lord only knows what.
The poor Mexicans are suffering the most.
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Sun May 14, 2023 11:37 am

Here's that bread, cut, and ready to make lunch! And the price of braunschweiger just dropped 50¢ at Aldi, to $2.39/lb.
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Sun May 14, 2023 11:40 am

I love braunschweiger.
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Tue Oct 03, 2023 11:16 pm

Today I made another loaf of rye bread - something I'll pair with that braunschweiger, in these next few days of even hotter weather we're supposed to have. I started it early today, with a small rye sponge, then I made a version of my Russian black bread, using some buttermilk as the liquid, instead of a tb of vinegar with water, and I used WW flour, instead of white flour, with the bran. Otherwise, everything else pretty much the same, and I just made a single, 2 lb loaf. And, ohhhh that smells good baking, as always! I didn't run out of caraway, but came close, and I have another lb of seeds coming tomorrow! That's one spice that they don't have in the Indian market - what they sometimes have labeled "caraway", is actually another seed - shah jeerah - so I have to order regular caraway.
ImageSingle Russian black bread loaf, almost ready to go into the oven. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

ImageFinished loaf of Russian black bread. by pepperhead212, on Flickr
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Post: # 112791Unread post pepperhead212
Mon Jan 01, 2024 11:11 pm

Today I made a couple of loaves of that Russian black bread - something I got the idea for when I found a bag of wheat bran in the freezer, as this recipe has 2 c of bran. That, plus the 4 c of rye flour, gives a fairly dense bread, with just 2½ c wheat flour, though I added some gluten, to make up for this.
ImageTwo 2 lb loaves of Russian Black Bread. by pepperhead212, on Flickr
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