New York Rye
Well this here is the bread I grew up on back in Westchester, NY. For me NY Rye is a light Rye with a tight moist super flavorful crumb crumb. The crust is soft and chewy and much of the flavor of the loaf comes in the chew. I used to be able to just pull the crust off in a ring around the slice and each separate from the interior as a kid. And yes I sometimes squeezed the insides and ate as a dough ball. But the best is simply sliced and served with butter. So I came up with a good rendition of this maybe 5 years ago but can't find the recipe and figured I can get this down relatively fast. In the end I'd say this is the lean variation. The dough needs a touch of oil to have the real proper consistency of what I'm used too. But this is quite good at first bite. I'll let you know how I feel after a few more. Anyhoo here is the formula
NY Rye (lean) take #1
Rye Sour: (this is a change for sure as the previous had a white starter and all rye was in finish mix)
50 g White Starter (100%)
200 g Rye (I used a local stoneground whole rye)
180 g H20
Dough:
108 g Rye (more of the local rye)
692 g Artisan (malted, 11.5% protein)
546 g h20
22 g Salt
31 g Caraway
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autolyse 30 minutes with levain.
Mixed by hand using a new cut and pull method. I'm sure slap and folds will work too. Just experimenting with different styles of hand mixing. I did this til dough got stiff, relax 10 minutes, repeat until I have a moderately developed smooth and elastic dough.
Followed by 3 s+fs @ 30 minutes
Total Bulk Ferment (from the start of autolyse when the levain is added) 3 1/2 hours.
Divide in 2 and preshape. rest 30 minutes
Shape into lined bowls lightly dusted with rye. seams up. Proof in warm room (78 degF) for 2:15
I am sure you could shape and retard and bake cold in the morning and maybe even get a nicer crust.
Baked at 500 with steam for 15 minutes, vented for a further 20+ rotating as needed.
Josh
Happy Baking All
Josh