Part of my family originates from South Tyrol, in Northern Italy, bordering Austria. As a child, during family holidays in this region, I used to enjoy its typical rye breads. I since developed a taste for sourdough rye bread, particularly if flavoured with caraway seeds. I now enjoy baking these loaves in London

Charakteristische Eigenschaften

Vera is a rye starter. It's thick and pasty when just fed and creamy and bubbly once fermented. It ferments quickly and easily triples in volume. It has a pleasant, fruity smell when recently fed, but turns pungent and acidic if left unfed for over a week.

Viscocity

Geschmack und Aroma

Rezept

Zutaten für den Starter

10g Whole rye
10g Water
20g Whole rye
20g Water
40g Whole Rye Flour
40g Water

Zutaten für die Auffrischung

100g Whole Rye Flour
100g Water

Vera is kept in the fridge when not baking. 12hrs before baking, Vera is removed from the fridge. All of the starter is discarded except 20g. To these 20g, 100g rye flour and 100g water are added.

100g Whole Rye Flour 100g Water

Aufarbeitung

Vera began as a mixture of 1 part wholegrain rye flour and 1 part water. 20g rye flour was mixed with 20g tap water and left to stand in a closed glass jar, unstirred for 12hrs, overnight.

10g Whole rye 10g Water

Step 1 mixture was stirred in the morning and to it were added 20g rye flour and 20g tap water. Step 2 mixture was then left to stand for 12 hrs.

20g Whole rye 20g Water

From Step 2 mixture, all but 20g of the mixture was discarded. To the remaining mixture a further 40g rye flour and 40g water were added. This process was continued for the following 4 days, after which Vera was ready to bake.

40g Whole Rye Flour 40g Water

Ergebnis

Bread

Bread, muffins, crackers, tortillas,

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Kommentare

Claudia Kaplan

Vera is named after my maternal grandmother, whom I loved very much. My grandmother originated from South Tyrol,in Northern Italy, on the border with Austria. Although my grandmother was not a baker, she was trained as a professional cook and passed her love for cooking onto me. I owe to her my perseverance to achieving good results with sourdough.