Ingredients
Sponge::
- 1 cake compressed yeast
- 1 c lukewarm water
- 1 c rye flour
- 1 Tbsp. lard
- 1 tbsp caraway seeds
- 3 c lukewarm water
- 2 tbsp salt
- 10 c rye flour (approximately)
- Dissolve yeast in 1 cup of lukewarm water, add 1 cup of rye flour and blend. Let stand several hours or overnight
Instructions
Add rest of water and salt and blend
Add flour to make stiff dough
Knead until dough no longer sticks to hands
Put in bowl and let rise until double
Punch down, form into round loaf and put on greased cookie sheet that has been sprinkled with cornmeal.
Brush lightly with egg white
Let rise again
Bake 450⁰ 10 minutes then 350⁰ for 1 hour or until done.
