Sourdough bread
- From
- Diljá
- Makes
- Makes 3 loaves
Ingredients
Day 1
- 355 g plain flour13 oz plain flour
- 500 g wholemeal flour1 lb wholemeal flour
- 575 g rye flour1¼ lb rye flour
- sourdough starter (The 1 dl kept back from the previous batch (see day 2).)
- 15 dl water, lukewarm6⅓ cups water, lukewarm
- 3 tbsp salt
Day 2
- ½ litre Malt drink (Icelandic Malt is a sweet, dark, non-alcoholic malt drink; use Supermalt, Vitamalt or a dark malt beer.)2 cups Malt drink (Icelandic Malt is a sweet, dark, non-alcoholic malt drink; use Supermalt, Vitamalt or a dark malt beer.)
- 1½ tbsp brown sugar
- 750 g rye kernels, cracked1¾ lb rye kernels, cracked
- 2 dl linseeds (flaxseeds)¾ cup linseeds (flaxseeds)
- 1 dl sesame seeds½ cup sesame seeds
- 1 dl sunflower seeds½ cup sunflower seeds
- 1 dl buckwheat groats½ cup buckwheat groats
Method
Day 1
- Dissolve the starter in the water, then add the salt and all the flour.
- Leave to rise for 24 hours.
Day 2
- Take out 1 dl of the dough and keep it as the starter for next time.Take out ½ cup of the dough and keep it as the starter for next time.
- Mix the Malt, brown sugar, cracked rye and all the seeds into the dough.
- Divide the dough between 3 greased loaf tins, about 1½ kg in each.Divide the dough between 3 greased loaf tins, about 3¼ lb in each.
- Leave to rise for at least 1 hour 15 minutes. Heat the oven to 180°C.Leave to rise for at least 1 hour 15 minutes. Heat the oven to 350 °F.
- Bake for about 1 hour 15 minutes.
- Turn the loaves out of the tins and cool on a wire rack.
As she wrote it

Súrdeigsbrauð
(Diljá)
I dag:
355 hveiti - 500 gr. heilhveiti
575 gr. Rúgmjöl + súrdeigið
- 15 dl. volgt vatn - 3 msk. salt
Leysa súrdeig upp í vatninu +
salt + mjöl. Láta hefast í
24 klst.
II dag:
(Taka 1 dl. af súrd. og
geyma þar til næst)
1/2 L: Malt - 1 1/2 msk. púðursykur
750 gr: brotnir Rúgkjarnar
2 dl. hörfræ - 1 dl. sesamfræ
1 dl. Sólblómafræ
1 dl. Bókhveitikjarnar
Láta hefast í + 1 klst og 15 min.
Baka í ca. 1 klst. og 15 min án
forma (3 form)
ca. 1 1/2 kg. deig í hvert form.