Originally Posted by Greger
Joe, how do you bake that rye bread? My home made rye bread is "okay" but nothing special, y'know? My understanding is that Jewish rye needs to be a sourdough and I've just never gotten my act together to do sourdough bread.
I make a deli-rye, and not a straight rye- i.e. I don't use straight rye, but mix it with unbleached general purpose King Arthurs flour. . As you probably know, when making a straight rye it's best to add some potato flour to keep it from crumbling. At any rate, the deli-rye works for me.