Salt-Rising Bread Recipe

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Salt-Rising Bread
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Ingredients
11
Count
Nutrition
716
Calories
Total time
1845
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Make starter:.
  2. Peel potatoes and thinly slice. Put potatoes in a large bowl, then pour boiling-hot water over them. Stir in cornmeal, sugar, and salt until sugar and salt are dissolved. Set bowl into a larger bowl of hot tap water (about 130ºF) and let starter stand in a warm draft-free place (such as the inside of a turned-off gas oven), replacing hot water in larger bowl every 8 hours, for 24 hours. (Starter will be covered with a light, airy foam and have a pungent cheesy aroma.) Discard potatoes.
  3. Make sponge:.
  4. Add warm milk, baking soda, and flour to starter, whisking briskly until mixture is smooth. Cover bowl tightly with plastic wrap and set into a larger bowl of hot tap water (about 130ºF). Let sponge rise in a warm draft-free place (such as the inside of a turned-off gas oven) until doubled in bulk, about 3 hours. (Sponge will be covered in a thick layer of cappuccino-like foam.).
  5. Make bread:.
  6. Whisk together 4 cups flour and salt in a bowl. Blend in shortening with your fingertips or a pastry blender (or pulse in a food processor) just until mixture resembles coarse meal with some small (roughly pea-size) lumps.
  7. Add mixture to sponge and beat with a wooden spoon until combined well. Stir in enough of remaining flour to form a soft dough (it will be sticky).
  8. Turn dough out onto a well-floured surface and knead, adding more flour as needed to keep from sticking, 2 minutes. Let dough stand 10 minutes, then knead on well-floured surface, flouring your hands as needed, until smoother (it will not feel as elastic as a traditional yeast dough), about 10 minutes more.
  9. Divide dough into thirds and place each portion into a buttered loaf pan. Cover loaves loosely with plastic wrap and let rise in a draft-free place at warm room temperature until increased in bulk by one third (it will reach almost to rim of pan), about 3 hours.
  10. Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F
  11. Bake until golden brown, 45 to 50 minutes. Turn loaves out onto a rack and cool completely.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 716.05 Kcal (2998 kJ)
Calories from fat 92.18 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 10.24g 16%
Cholesterol 5.6mg 2%
Sodium 978.8mg 41%
Potassium 332.18mg 7%
Total Carbs 133.54g 45%
Sugars 4.94g 20%
Dietary Fiber 6.21g 25%
Protein 18g 36%
Vitamin C 0.7mg 1%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 10%
Iron 2mg 11%
Calcium 94.7mg 9%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 203.88 Kcal (854 kJ)
Calories from fat 26.24 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 2.92g 16%
Cholesterol 1.59mg 2%
Sodium 278.69mg 41%
Potassium 94.58mg 7%
Total Carbs 38.02g 45%
Sugars 1.41g 20%
Dietary Fiber 1.77g 25%
Protein 5.12g 36%
Vitamin C 0.2mg 1%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 10%
Iron 0.6mg 11%
Calcium 27mg 9%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 14.4
    Points
  • 18
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • low fat,
  • saturated fat free,
  • cholesterol free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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