Black bread

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 1 liter buttermilk
• 150 g beetroot syrup or honey
• 3 sachets of yeast (dry yeast)
• 1 tbsp salt
• 500 g flour, dark, type 1050
• 300 g rye meal
• 300 g wheat bran
• 150 g sesame seeds
• 150 g flaxseed
• 250 g sunflower seeds

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Rest period approx. 1 day; Total time approx. 1 day 30 minutes

Warm the buttermilk with the beetroot syrup or honey. Combine the other ingredients in a bowl and mix. Add the warmed buttermilk and mix thoroughly. Pour the mixture into a bread pan and bake for 3 hours at 160°C on the middle rack of a preheated oven. After 2 hours, cover the bread with aluminum foil. Remove the bread from the pan and let it cool. To ensure it’s easy to slice, let it stand in a dry place for at least 1 day.