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Rustic whole rye bread - more sour more aroma

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Here a preview of my new bread. It has the exact same ingredients (As to flour, water, salt, spices) as my previous bread (Adrian's rustic whole rye bread with some spelt). But this time I used a different way of fermentation!

The sourdough leaven was 750g at 100% hydration, fermented for 16 hours. Compared to what I later added (390g of flour) it is a lot and the bread should have a stronger taste than last time.

Very quick sourdough bread with a bit of rye and whole wheat

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Yesterday I was a bit frustrated with a project and at cooking lunch I cut myself. So I really needed to bake something, preferably with spelt or wheat (usually I bake rye >50%) which would give me a dough that I could really physically work with. Problem: I don't like yeast and I had no levain built the day before. But I had a lot of starter in the fridge (about 70g / 2.5 ounces) - 100% rye and not fed for 10 days.