light rye bread, honey-ham sandwich





This bread with 1/6 rye flour and 2/3 milk failed to rise to the top of the Pullman pan. 

This is the 2nd loaf made in the smaller 9" Pullman pan and I've experienced both catastrophes possible, over-proofing and under-proofing. The first makes the lid difficult to slide off, I had to use a hammer at 2:00 am, and this second loaf didn't fill the pan to form square-shapped slices. 

That's okay. It compensates by being delicious. They both did.

The very light rye, 1/6 the flour, plus 2/3 milk and sugar makes a fine bread, while raspberry jam and mustard make an excellent flavor combination spread. The ham itself is rather secondary for flavor, it's the faintly rye bread and sweet/tart combination spread that causes this sandwich rise above its sandwich peers. The little thing, shouting like that, unseemly but adorable. Actually, the filling could be turkey, chicken, hamburger, sausage, kielbasa, bacon, bologna, tomato, anything, and it would still have this otherworldly preternatural signature effect so gorgeous it makes your head spin with glee.  

If stone mustard and fruit preserves sounds too weird for you, I suggest, TRY IT! Already.

You'll like it. It's the same thing as mostarda di frutta. 

You'll experience epiphany.

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