Recipes

Super-fast, no-knead spelt and rye loaf

This bread requires no kneading or proving time – you just fire it into the oven and an hour later you have a beautiful loaf.

Jordan Bourke
Sat Feb 18 2017 - 08:00
Serves: 0
Course: Side Dish
Cooking Time: 1 hr 0 mins
Ingredients
  • Makes one loaf
  • 200g wholegrain spelt flour
  • 200g white spelt flour, or more wholegrain if you prefer
  • 100g rye flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 80g pumpkin seeds
  • 40g sunflower seeds
  • 80g raisins (optional)
  • 1 tbsp blackstrap molasses or maple syrup
  • 520ml tepid water

This loaf is for the days when you are short on time, or have realised too late that only one slice of your beloved sourdough remains! It comes together in a flash and requires no kneading or proving time – you just fire it into the oven and an hour later you have a beautiful loaf, somewhere between an Irish soda bread and a country loaf. Feel free to play around with the flours a little, and any number of herbs, seeds, dried fruits and nuts can be added to it.

You will need a 23cm x 13cm loaf tin. Preheat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan/gas mark 6, and lightly grease the loaf tin and line it with baking parchment.

Thoroughly mix all the dry ingredients together in a bowl, then add the molasses and water and mix again until just combined. Pour into the loaf tin and bake for 50 minutes, then carefully remove the loaf from its tin and continue to bake on its side for a further 10 minutes.

Remove the loaf from the oven and leave to cool completely before cutting.

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