We, my whole family love rye bread. I am always in search of rye bread recipes. This is one of the traditional black bread of Val d” Aosta or Pan Ner and is made with rye sour culture to leaven the bread. If you are in love with rye, then you must try this bread. You are going to be a fan of it.
Both myself and my friend Marisa decided to bake this Black bread of Val d’ Aosta part of Sourdough bread love project.
This recipe is from the book The Rye Baker by Stanley Ginsberg.
Here is a little bit of history of the bread. In the Valle d'Aosta region, Italy, traditionally this bread was prepared once a year, involving the whole community where women knead the dough, and the men took care of the wood stove, and when the bread came out of the oven it is like a party. After cooking, the bread was dried on special wooden racks called “ratelë” for several months. Once dried, the bread becomes very hard and it is cut with the traditional "coppapàn", a special handcrafted iron knife. The result of this process was a sort of delicious hard bread, you need to soften it by putting it for a few minutes to soak in soup, milk or water, before it is ready to eat.
This black bread is dense, tight-crumbed loaf that has sweet and sour notes with sweet crunch from sesame seeds and sunflower seeds. It is best to eat with aged prosciutto or Alpine cheese like Beaufort, Fontina etc.
Earlier I have tried 100% rye bread which taste great but looks like brick. This Black Bread of Val d’ Aosta or Pan Ner is differ from that because it has rye flour and all-purpose flour at the same time with out any sweetener. The earlier one has molasses in the recipe. I like both as both has individual taste notes which makes them difference.
Please check here for Marisa’s Black bread of Val d’ Aosta. If you have active starter in your hand, please try, and I am sure you will love it. Rye fan’s here is another chance to try a delicious bread.
Black Bread of Val d’ Aosta or Pan Ner
Ingredients
- Sponge Day 1
- 35 g Medium rye flour
- 35 g Water
- 5 g Starter
- Final dough Day 2 Morning
- 75 g Sponge 75g use all
- 325 g Dark rye flour
- 175 g All-purpose flour
- 275 g Warm water
- 9 g Salt
- 10 g Sesame seed
- 10 g Sunflower seed
- 2.5 g Flax seed
Instructions
- In bowl mix everything for the sponge in a bowl and cover and set aside room temp for about 10-12 hours
- Combine sponge, water, flour and seeds using kitchen aid mixture and for about 8- 10 minutes, and cover and ferment for about 8-7 hours double in volume.
- Then shape and set aside for about 60- 75 minutes or you can refrigerate over night .
- When you ready to bake Pre-heat oven to 450F /232C . Score the dough. Then bake it in a Dutch oven 450F for 15 minutes then reduce the temperature 425F/220C and bake it for another 25 minutes with cover and 15 minutes without cover. Internal temperature should register about 198F/92Transfer and cool thoroughly before slicing.
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This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
Alicia says
This bread looks delicious! I have never made homemade bread before, but would love to learn sometime.
Devyaniray says
That look so yummy and delicious !!
Brittany Charnley says
oooooh this bread looks so amazing and i bet it tastes so delcious!!!!
Candace Hampton says
I've never seen anything like this. Its so perfect!! I'm trying to avoid bread, because of my diet but this looks so yummy. I would have this with butter and a cup of coffee. Thanks for sharing!
Candace Hampton
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Anagha says
The design is creative. The slices seem more yummy. Wish someone could make it for me. I will have to try it out myself.
Brittany Vantrease says
This bread looks beautiful! One of my favorite sandwiches is made with rye bread, so looking at this picture makes my mouth water.
blair villanueva says
This black bread looks delicious. I am thinking of spreading butter on top while it is smoking warm.
Monidipa Dutta says
This loaf look incredible. I love freshly baked home made bread. And this sounds awesome. Worth a try.
Pam says
I love the tart flavor of rye bread. This black bread has such an interesting history, I would love to make it someday.
Dhemz says
wow, how fancy! I've never had this type of bread before. I would love to try it. Thanks for sharing!
Terri Steffes says
That's a beautiful bread, as always. I think I would love it with my favorite India food!
Alexandra Cook says
This is the first I'm hearing of this type of bread. I love rye bread so I have a feeling I would really enjoy this.
Catalina says
This bread looks healthy and tasty! A must try recipe!
Amy-Lynn Denham says
There's nothing like real bread made my hand over a day or two.
Melanie Walsh says
My picky eater is a huge carb fan, so bread is a great way for us to introduce new things. This black bread looks divine. It's so pretty, and I can't wait to taste it. Hoping it'll inspire my daughter to try some new cheeses with it.
Marysa says
I have never heard of this bread or dark rye flour, but it sounds delicious. Thanks for sharing! I haven't made bread very often but your recipe would be interesting to try.
Ruth I says
This looks pretty and perfect! I would love to try this recipe soon.
Lori Bosworth says
That black rye bread looks amazing. I don't eat a lot of carbs, but if I was going to eat bread, I would eat that one!
Kathy says
Now this sure looks amazing! I definitely have to try this soon. I love all kinds of breads, especially ones that are homemade. I am looking forward to trying this. I'm sure it's going to be delicious!
Mavs Escala says
This looks yummy. I would like to try this one too.
Lia Mae says
Ooh looks good, I need to try this recipe. Bread is so addictive, I will make this pretty soon.
Michelle says
I've been meaning to try my hand at baking bread and this recipe looks great. That loaf of bread is beautiful!
Sarah Bailey says
Now this sounds like an really delicious style of bread I could most definitely see myself loving a nice warm fresh from the oven slice with some butter.
Tasheena says
You're so amazing at bread making. I would love to give this black bread recipe a try. It looks so yummy.
Tara Pittman says
I have been baking bread every week as I love homemade bread. I need to try making this one.
Jamie H says
First off, this looks so delicious! Also, I loved learning the history of how it was made! I've been reading a book of my great grandpa's memories, and I love how there used to be so much community involvement. It would be pretty cool if we lived like that again.
Joanna says
I can imagine this bread is delicious warm, with good quality butter on it, because it's so dense. I would love to try it, sounds delicious.
Uma Srinivas says
Looks like you put so much hard work on this bread. Love to read your bread recipe history part! Looks absolutely yummy!
Lian Wright says
My other half is in love with rye bread. This one would be great for me to try to bake up for him. Thanks for sharing this recipe!
Marisa G says
This bread is delicious. Yours is beautiful. I like breads with a tradition attached as this one.
I also have the book and is very interesting.
Hope to recover and bake together again.
Have a nice day.
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
I love all your breads Swathi and looks forward to your recipes. This bread does not surprise me and it looks so beautiful. Love the texture of the bread and what a unique name.
GiGi Eats says
This looks terrific and a lot like some bread my dad used to make when I was younger!!! I can smell it from here basically!!
Jo says
Nothing is better than homemade fresh bread right out of oven. It looks fabulous and I can totally finish off the whole bread myself with some avocado smash and eggs! Ooooo i'm salivating now!
robin rue says
I am drooling over this. It sounds so good. I can't wait to make it for my family!
Tiffany says
Wow that looks really delicious, it must tastes good! Thanks for sharing ♥️ ♥️ Interested in doing collabs? xx
Krysten Quiles says
Oh goodness it's so pretty! And I'll bet it tastes good too. Thanks for sharing!
Satyendra Sharma says
I love bread in the morning everyday and the kind of information you have explained, I love it and thanks for sharing this article with nice pictures.
Amber Myers says
I do love my fresh bread, and this loaf looks incredible. I really need to start making bread at home. I generally buy it from stores.