Country Loaf (Pain de Campagne)

Washington writer Sam Fromartz has been making sourdough variations of this yeast breadstuff for years. Here, helium adds fermented cider for flavor. A mild brew whitethorn beryllium substituted; an IPA would beryllium excessively bitter. The loaf is sized to past a fewer days.

The optional tablespoonful of h2o is to compensate for the adaptable absorption of the rye and whole-wheat flours.

You'll request a colander, a pastry cloth oregon cleanable crockery towel and a covered cast-iron oregon enameled cast-iron pot.

Store the cooled loaf successful a insubstantial container for a day, and store successful a integrative container for a fewer days aft that. Do not refrigerate.

The dough needs 4 20-minute rests, positive an 8-to-24-hour enactment successful the refrigerator and a last 1 1/2-hour rise.

Ingredients

Nutritional Facts

Per portion (based connected 12)

• Calories

  70

• Carbohydrates

  14 g

• Sodium

  190 mg

• Protein

  2 g

• Fiber

  1 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Sam Fromartz, writer of "In Search of the Perfect Loaf: A Home Baker’s Odyssey" (Viking, 2014).

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.