Bauernbrot Recipe (German farmer-style rye bread) (2024)

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What do you eat with Bauernbrot? ›

"German Farmer Bread similar to what is found in when purchasing Bauernbrot in a Bavarian bakery in Germany. Great with butter and cold cuts, or just plain butter. My sons' favorite is with salami and aged "Moon Cheese"."

It is quite common these days to make a German rye bread, known there as grey bread, or Mischbrot, with both wheat and rye. Mischbrot literally means mixed bread or bread that has been made with a mix of rye and white bread flour. For this recipe I will be mixing freshly ground rye and white-wheat flour.

Despite its name, the Burebrot is of relatively recent origin: it was developed in 1955 by the Ecole Professionnelle de Richemont in cooperation with the Swiss Bakers' Association as a way to make use of surplus milk. It is now available in most Swiss bakeries and supermarkets as a bread for everyday consumption.

It is great served with butter, mustard, and cold meats. It's also delicious when toasted in the morning, and spread with lashings of butter and honey.

for breakfast: you can find fresh bread rolls in every bread basket on German breakfast tables. Germans cut them in half horizontally, smear butter on them, and top them with jams, honey, quark, sliced cheese, or cold cuts. Basically, they eat them as open-faced sandwiches.

Pure rye bread contains only rye flour, without any wheat. German-style pumpernickel, a dark, dense, and close-textured loaf, is made from crushed or ground whole rye grains, usually without wheat flour, baked for long periods at a low temperature in a covered tin.

High in iron, potassium, calcium, zinc and soluble fibre, rye bread is a dark, dense bread with a distinctive earthy taste. Rye bread is considered more nutritious than wheat bread. As well as being super filling, it also contains more fibre and B vitamins than wheat breads.

The critical difference between pumpernickel and rye bread is that rye bread is a catch-all term to describe any bread made with rye flour, whereas European pumpernickel bread is a specific type of dark rye bread made with rye meal, usually without any wheat.

So Germans to this day tend to eat sourdough bread made with rye, spelt and wheat flours and packed with grains and seeds. German bread is heavy and has substance; it (literally) outweighs fluffy focaccia or ciabatta. That hefty tradition never caught on in the rest of Europe.

German bread is unlike any other bread known to Europe. It is dark, chewy and dense, composed mainly of whole grains, such as rye, spelt, and millet. Wheat is taking a back-seat compared to other countries, where it is the dominant grain, resulting in lighter, whiter and starchier (and less healthy) bread types.

Where is Bauernbrot from? ›

Bauernbrot is an old German farmer's bread. It is a hearty rye bread that is known in German homes, traditionally made from scratch baked in age-old wood-fired ovens.

This can affect the bread by adding a "yeasty" taste if you put too much into the dough. General amounts of yeast are around 1 - 2 % of the flour, by weight. Too much yeast could cause the dough to go flat by releasing gas before the flour is ready to expand.

Farmer's bread can refer to many different breads and the definition seems to be quite fluid. It can be made with varying proportions of flour and various types of flour. It can be sweetened with malt syrup, molasses, honey, or treacle. Caraway seed is a common addition too.

Schwarzbrot is very versatile. It goes well with wurst and cheese slices and it also taste great with just some butter. It also goes great with fried or scrambled eggs. It can also be cut into cubes, roasted in a pan, and enjoyed over soups and salads.

A slice of Bauernbrot with its soft crumb and lovely crust is perfect with any topping, ranging from cold meat or cheese to sweet jam or honey.

What do Arabs eat pita bread with? It can be eaten with so many kinds of food such as fried or grilled meat or fish , fried or boiled eggs, edible jams of all kinds, white cheese, cooked beans or any vegatables and similar sorts of food.