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Sandwich bread

Soft and moist, almost like brioche, it can be made in a tin or mould or as a classic long French-style loaf.

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Last modified on: October 24^th 2017

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For 4 Sandwichs bread, you will need:

1 500 ml whole milk
2 200 g leaven
3 10 g caster sugar
4 18 g salt
5 100 g butter
6 60 g rye flour
7 900 g flour
8 80 g yeast
Total weight: 1,868 grams

Change these quantities to make: 1 Sandwich bread 2 Sandwichs bread 4 Sandwichs bread 6 Sandwichs bread

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
26 min.	2 hours 30 min.	30 min.	3 hours 26 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Put in the bowl of a food processor: 200 g leaven, 500 ml whole milk (warm), 10 g caster sugar and 18 g salt.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Add 100 g butter cut into small pieces, then 60 g rye flour, 900 g flour, and finally 80 g yeast.

Stage 3 - 10 min.

Knead at minimum speed for 5 minutes, then on speed 1 for a further 5 minutes.

You could also chech the dough by trying the window-pane test.

Note: For the best way to knead, see: A few tips for effective kneading at home.

Stage 4 - 1 hour 30 min.

Gather dough into a ball, cover with a plastic sheet and leave in a warm place to double in volume (1 hour or 2).

Stage 5 - 5 min.

At the end of this time, cut dough into two pieces of the same weight, and shape them into long rolls the length of your mould or tin. You can consult the leavened bread recipe to watch a video on how to do this.

Stage 6 - 3 min.

Put each lump in a rectangular mould.

Stage 7 - 1 hour

For classical sandwich bread, with slices of this form:

cover both moulds with a plastic sheet and leave to rise and overflow a little.

For completely square bread, put a plate on top of each mould and weight it, to force the dough to fill the whole mould as it rises.

Leave to rise about 1 hour until moulds are well filled, or dough is well up the sides in the mould according to choice.

Preheat oven to 240°C or 464°F.

Stage 8 - 30 min.

Bake for 20 - 30 minutes (watch colouration towards end of cooking time).

Note: if you opt for moulded loaves, leave plate and weight on top during baking.

Remarks

This is the bread for toast, sandwiches and canapés of course, and you will see that its very subtle taste has nothing in common with industrial breads.

If you'd like more information about making your own bread, you can look at this dedicated page.

For even tastier bread, replace white flour with an equal mix of white and whole wheat flour.

Don't worry if you don't have any leaven, here it's just to add flavour as the dough is yeast-raised.

Keeping

Several days in a towel bag.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
4,766 Kcal or 19,954 Kj	150 gr	842 gr	116 gr
238 %	58 %	79 %	18 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
255 Kcal or 1,068 Kj	8 gr	45 gr	6 gr
13 %	3 %	4 %	1 %

Per piece
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,192 Kcal or 4,991 Kj	37 gr	211 gr	29 gr
60 %	14 %	20 %	4 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Gluten

How much will it cost?

For 4 Sandwichs bread : 5.01 €
Per Sandwich bread : 1.25 €

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