No-Salt Whole-Wheat Bread

Submitted by ErOnur

"I am on a salt-free diet now and have been baking bread at home for some time. I use a Beko bread machine for kneading the dough, and oven-bake it later. I tried out several combinations. This is my favourite."

 

• Ready In: 3hrs 20mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 1 loaf
• Serves: 10-15

ingredients

• 200 ml water (20-25 degrees Celsius)
• 100 ml nonfat milk (20-25 degrees Celsius)
• 400 g whole wheat flour
• 100 g bread flour
• 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
• 6 g active dry yeast
• 20 g flour

directions

1. Place water and milk into machine's pan.
2. Pour olive oil into pan and mix by shaking pan slightly.
3. Mix whole-wheat flour and bread flour.
4. Sprinkle flour mixture over the liquid in pan, taking care to cover the whole surface of the liquid layer.
5. Put the yeast in the middle of flour.
6. Start the dough cycle of the machine.
7. Heat the oven to about 100 degrees Celsius and switch off.
8. Take dough out of the pan when cycle ends and knead slightly on a on a smooth surface ( do not forget to sprinkle some flour on the surface before kneading).
9. Shape dough into one (or two maximum) loaf and place into a silicon baking dish.
10. Cover the dough with a slightly damp cloth and let it rest in the oven until volume is doubled.
11. Remove from oven.
12. Set oven to 175 degree Celsius.
13. Remove cloth over the dough and bake in oven for about 40 minutes.
14. Remove from oven and let cool for about 30 minutes on a rack before slicing.