In our house, rye bread is the one that is liked the most, with the next one being the whole wheat bread. I got introduced to rye bread by my dear hubby when he bought Pumpernickel bread. I liked it immediately as it had strong nuttiness, chewiness which is not able to find in any other grains. My new food critic, the little princess too loves the rye bread.
As a mom, I always try to look out for rye bread recipes; I want to make a good collection of it. When I saw this recipe in King Arthur flour blog,I was curious, as they were adding a secret ingredient to rye bread, which is juice of pickled cucumber and dill. I know adding some sourness to rye bread will enhance it flavor, further it has spices like dill, caraway seeds and yellow mustard seeds. I did not have pumpernickel flour or potato flour in hand, so I used rye flour and a mashed potato as substitute. I also added whole white wheat flour and light olive oil.
The bread turned out to be very good, I was afraid of overpowering of taste and smell of vinegar from the pickle juice, but it really gives soft tasty bread. My hubby likes dill pickles, rest including me and little princess are not a fan of dill pickle, but juice added rye bread becomes everyone’s favorite.
Try this bread, it will not disappoint, here goes the recipe.
One year ago: Mashed tapioca with coconut and spices
Two year ago: Wheat flour pancakes
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Two year ago: Wheat flour pancakes
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What you need
Rye flour: 1 ⅓ cup/ 186g
Bread flour: 1up/190g
Luke warm water: ⅓ cup / 77g
Dill pickle juice: ¾ cup/ 170g
Salt: 11/2 teaspoon /8g
Caraway seeds: 1 ¼ teaspoon / 1g
Dill seeds: 1 ¼ teaspoon
Instant yeast: 2 ½ teaspoon/ 7g
Light olive oil: ¼ cup/ 47g
Cooked and mashed potato: 181g
Sugar: 1 tablespoon/ 13g
How I made
In a bowl of kitchen aid stand mixer combine the instant yeast with the remaining ingredients, and mix till clumps form; the dough may seem dry at this point. Let it rest for 20 minutes, for the flour to start to absorb the liquid.
Knead the dough using dough hook by mixer to make stiff, but fairly smooth dough. It'll take about 7 minutes in a stand mixer at second speed, using the dough hook. The dough should clean the sides of the bowl; if it doesn't sprinkle in a bit more all-purpose flour.
Place the dough in a lightly greased bowl, cover the bowl, and let the dough rise till it's puffy, about 1 .30 hours. It may or may not have doubled in bulk, but it definitely will have expanded.
Gently deflate the dough, and shape it into a log. Place the log in a lightly greased 9" x 5" loaf pan. Press it to the edges of the pan, and flatten the top.
Tent the pan with greased plastic wrap, and allow the loaf to rise till it's crowned about 1" to 1 ½" over the edge of the pan, about 1 to 1 ½ hours. Towards the end of the rising time, preheat the oven to 350°F. Keep an empty broiler pan in the lower rack of oven. Add boiling hot water into the broiler pan when you are ready to bake the bread. (This will create steam, necessary to make the thick crust).
Bake the bread for 20 minutes. Tent it lightly with foil, and bake for an additional 20 minutes. When done the bread will are golden brown and its internal temperature will register 190°F on an instant-read thermometer.
Remove the bread from the oven, wait 5 minutes, remove it from the pan, and allow it to cool completely on a rack before slicing. Store for up to a week at cool room temperature.
Preparation time: 27 minutes preparation of dough; 90 minutes first rise, 90 minutes second rise and 40 minutes baking time.
Yield: one loaf
Verdict: Yummy
Will you make it again: Yes I will
I am linking this to Hearth and soul blog hop : 73 hosted here
also Yeast spotting
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.
Babli says
Perfectly baked. Looks soft, spongy and yummy.
Sonali Pradhan says
awesome bread recipe dear...i love the use of rye in it !
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carmenpiva says
Very tempting, so beautifully baked and it sure tastes delicious. I love bread... and my bread machine has broken down!!
Kurryleaves says
perfectly baked bread.....lovely
Claudia says
Rye bread is a favorite and I like the addition of dill pickle juice. Good use for it.
Peggy says
I've never heard of adding pickle juice to bread before, but I'm willing to try anything once 🙂
The 21st Century Housewife© says
I love that you added dill pickle juice to this bread! What a great recipe. Thank you for sharing it with the Hearth and Soul hop, and for co-hosting!
Christy says
Interesting recipe! What a way to add flavor to the healthy rye bread 😉
Mary says
Good rye bread is hard to come by. Your bread looks wonderful and I'm sure it is delicious. I hope you have a great day. Blessings...Mary
Shanavi says
Indeed u r a daring baker and I must say, u should open ur shop one day soon
Elisabeth says
Dear Swathi-your passion for making delicious and healthy breads are truly an example of this delicious, and beautiful bread. Rye, and sourdough bread is my very all-time favorites.
Love, how you adapted this amazing bread from King Arthur. For sure, I do want to make this ASAP...and will bookmark it to print it out, later!
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Dulce Dough says
What a beautiful loaf of bread! And how interesting that it has pickle juice in it!
Joanne says
I really love rye bread! And I can't believe you put pickles in it. Great idea!
Reeni says
What a unique and delicious idea Swathi! My family loves pickle on their sandwiches so putting it in the bread is genius!
Renata says
I have become a fan of rye bread and have blogged about is just recently! Yours looks amazing! Time to head to the kitchen for another loaf!
Uma says
Love it swathi. I love and like all your baking and bookmarked few. Will post you soon when I try. Thanks for the recipes.
Suja says
Perfectly baked and flavorful bread..yum
Sensible Vegetarian says
Perfectly baked Swathi, looks awesome.
Ramya says
Wow what a perfect bread ..great texture:-)
Rumana Rawat says
Looks very tempting:)
El Oteador de los Mercados says
I like bread with spices
Kaveri says
That's an awesome bake...looks very good
Prathibha says
Bread turned out superb...looks nice
MyKitchen Flavors-BonAppetit!. says
Deliciously done Sandwich Rye Bread,luks yumm.Luv it
Pushpa says
Soft and delicious rye bread.
Tina says
Healthy soft bread..Yummm.
Hari Chandana says
lovely and delicious recipe.. 🙂
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SpicyTasty says
wow! That's a flavorful bread.
Candace says
Rye bread is a favorite around our house too. I would have never guessed to add pickle juice to the recipe. Yours looks delicious!
Rebecca from Chow and Chatter says
wow looks amazing wish i liked rye
Priya says
Wow prefect looking bread, well baked Swathi..
Neha says
Perfect looking bread....Great job dear...
laurie says
this sounds yummy, we love rye bread ands I will try this.I hope you are well, have a great tuesday.