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Salinātā rudzu rupjmaize (Latvian scalded rye bread, TSG)salinātā rudzu rupjmaize

Salinātā rudzu rupjmaize is a Latvian rye bread made with a sweetened scald and no baker's yeast. About 30 % of the rye flour is scalded with caraway and water at 85–95 °C, sweetened with rye malt at 63–65 °C, then cooled and soured for 12–24 hours in an unwashed wooden tub with ferment from the last batch. The dough is kneaded, risen and baked as long hand-shaped loaves on a hot hearth.

Fully documentedCereals and bread20 h – 39 hTSGFamily: Latvian scalded rye bread (rupjmaize)

Recipe

Amounts from a sourceThe TSG recipe for 10 kg of flour. It gives about 15–20 kg of dough, enough for 13 to 18 loaves of 1 kg, allowing for 10 % weight lost in baking.
Rye flour for the scald3 kg[s1]
Caraway seeds0.08–0.1 kg[s1]
Hot water (85–95 °C)6–8 L[s1]
Unfermented rye malt0.2–0.3 kg[s1]
Ferment from the previous batch0.4–0.6 kgThe recipe table gives 0.4–0.6 kg; the method text says about 0.2 kg[s1]
Rye flour for the dough7 kgUp to 10 % wheat flour may be added[s1]
Sugar0.4–0.8 kg[s1]
Salt0.15–0.2 kg[s1]
Potato-starch paste or waterBrushed on the hot loaves[s1]
Starterbackslop: ferment from the previous batch, plus lactic microflora kept on the sides of the unwashed wooden tub; no baker's yeast

Total time across the recorded steps: 20 h – 39 h

Start
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85–95 °C

What changes: Part of the rye flour is scalded with near-boiling water and caraway

Step 1 of 8
Scald 30 % of the flour with caraway
Time
Not documented
Temperature
85–95 °C → 63 °C
Set
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Lactic acid bacteria

Output: hot scald.

Flavour
Not documented
Texture
like thick cream
Colour
greyish brown

Microbes at work in this step

Not documented for this step.

Method

Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source

At a glance

Salinātā rudzu rupjmaize is a Latvian rye bread made with a sweetened scald and no baker's yeast. About 30 % of the rye flour is scalded with caraway and water at 85–95 °C, sweetened with rye malt at 63–65 °C, then cooled and soured for 12–24 hours in an unwashed wooden tub with ferment from the last batch. The dough is kneaded, risen and baked as long hand-shaped loaves on a hot hearth. Made in 8 steps over 20 h – 39 h. The longest step, cool slowly in the tub, takes 12–24 h (EU Official Journal C 177/12 2013) and runs at 63–68 °C → 28 °C (EU Official Journal C 177/12 2013). Lactic acid bacteria kept on the sides of the unwashed tub and in the ferment from the previous batch, making lactic and acetic acid does most of the fermenting.

Key numbers
Main step12–24 hSet[s1]Cool slowly in the tub
Temperature63–68 °C → 28 °CSet[s1]Cool slowly in the tub

What makes this one different

Salinātā bread is defined by its scald. About 30 % of the flour is scalded with caraway, held hot with malt until sweet and then soured slowly in an unwashed wooden tub before the dough is made. It uses sugar and no baker's yeast, and is shaped by hand into long loaves baked on the hearth, not in tins.

Related ferments

Safety

The loaves are baked for one to two hours. The specification says the bread keeps at least 5–10 days at room temperature (15–25 °C) or can be frozen at -18 °C.

History and sources

Every number is labelled with how it is known. How this atlas is made

The word salināt means to sweeten, for example by pouring hot water on flour (Karulis 1992), and was in use in western Latvia by the 18th century. The method was described by M. Leiše in 1931 (Praktiskā mājturība) and by the ethnographer Indra Čekstere in 2004. The TSG application was published on 22 June 2013, and the name was entered in the register of traditional specialities guaranteed by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 12/2014 of 8 January 2014.

  1. [s1] EU Official Journal C 177/12, 22.6.2013, TSG application "Salinātā rudzu rupjmaize", EC No LV-TSG-0007-01043-11.10.12spec
  2. [s3] Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 12/2014 of 8 January 2014 entering a name in the register of traditional specialities guaranteed [Salinātā rudzu rupjmaize (TSG)], OJ L 4, 9.1.2014, p. 40spec
  3. [s4] Biedrība "Maiznieku amata brālība", Pieteikums GTĪ reģistrācijai (application for registration as a traditional speciality guaranteed), Salinātā rudzu rupjmaize, Pārtikas un veterinārais dienests (Food and Veterinary Service of Latvia)gov