Aztec bread

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 100 g coarse rye meal or rye flour (type 997)
• 1 tbsp brown sugar
• 8 tbsp vinegar
• 100 g dark chocolate
• 250 ml water, warm
• 350 g flour (wheat flour type 550 or 405)
• 150 g flour (rye flour, type 997)
• 1 cube of yeast
• 125 ml milk, lukewarm
• 100 ml cream
• 3 tsp salt
• Butter for the baking tray
• Flour (rye flour) for the work surface

Instructions

Working time approx. 45 minutes; Rest time approx. 1 hour; Total time approx. 1 hour 45 minutes

Bread with an unusual ingredient: cocoa.

Roast the rye meal without fat until it smells pleasant and place it in a mixing bowl, or put all the rye flour in a bowl. Melt the sugar in a saucepan and deglaze with the vinegar. Remove the pan from the heat. Break the chocolate into pieces, add it to the pan, and melt it over low heat while stirring. Mix the ingredients well. Gradually add the water and stir until smooth. Let the mixture cool to lukewarm. Mix the flours (or flours with meal). Crumble the yeast onto one side of the bowl, spread the lukewarm chocolate mixture and milk over it, and mix it with the yeast and some of the flour mixture to form a thin paste, making sure the yeast dissolves. Cover the dough and let it rise in a warm place for about 15 minutes. Knead the flour mixture, salt, and cream well with a hand mixer (or a food processor is better) to form a smooth dough. Let the dough rest for another 15 minutes. Knead the dough thoroughly again. Pour some rye flour onto a clean work surface and add the dough all at once. Shape it into a ball and place it in the center of a greased baking sheet. Flatten the ball of dough from the center out into a circle about 25 cm in diameter. Cover and let rise for another 15-20 minutes, until it has doubled in size. Preheat the oven (conventional) to 220°C. Place the bread on the second rack from the bottom. Pour a small cup of water all at once onto the floor of the oven and close the door immediately. Bake the bread for about 1 hour until golden brown, covering with aluminum foil if necessary. Remove from the oven, place on a wire rack, and brush with cold water.