PF Gold Membership
PolishForums   Poland for Expats and Tourists 
Home . Polls . Search Witamy,  [Guest 38.103.63.59]  Latest Discussions . Unanswered Posts
 Please register or login below:

 » Username  » Password 
Polish Forums / Poland Food & Drink / Start a new topic in the [Poland Food & Drink] forum

Bread Baking in Poland


 [1] 2  »»
posts: 32
lef
  Aug 4, 06, 23:18  #1

I have just taken up home breadbaking. Has anyone got some receipes please, also is home bread making common in Poland.

Ta,

Reply
Member
Posts: 599
Joined: Jun 27, 06
annab
  Aug 6, 06, 17:40  #2

*Wholegrain Rye Polish Bread Recipe*

This is a traditional recipe of our grandmothers to bake bread, with
hints how to make sourdough starter according to the book /Kosowska
Kuchnia Jarska/ printed in 1929 by M. Arcta, Warsaw. Rye bread is very
popular in our country because rye is one of the few crops that are
successful in most areas of Poland.

*Sourdough starter: *

* *

Mix half cup of rye flour with 1/3 cup of lukewarm water, cover with a
kitchen towel and leave in a warm place for 3 days. Stir at least once
every day. When bubbles appear at the top of the mixture and sour odor
is released, the starter is ready. Some of the starter can be stored in
the refrigerator or dried up for next time.

* Ingredients: *

5 ½ lbs wholewheat rye flour

4 cups water

3-4 tbs sourdough starter

salt

Mix a quarter of the flour with lukewarm water and sourdough starter and
leave in a warm place until the next day.

Mix half of the remaining flour with the blend prepared the previous
day. Let it rise for a few hours. Afterwards, add the rest of the flour
and salt to taste, and knead the dough until smooth. Form into two bread
loaves with wet hands, sprinkle the loaves with flour, and place on a
floured pan in a warm place to rise for a couple of hours or until they
almost double in size. Bake for 1- 1 1/2 hours at 375 degrees.

Reply
Member
Posts: 29
Joined: Nov 13, 05
bolo
Edited by: bolo  Aug 21, 06, 21:10  #3

Here's a typical Polish bread picture.

polishbread.gif
polishbread.gif

Reply
Member
Posts: 398
Joined: Jul 11, 06
tofat642 [Guest]
  Oct 21, 06, 21:35  #4

I make my grandmothers recipe, she was blind and did everything by feel but she taught my mom and we mastered the recipe, it is for home made sweet raisin bread, raisins optional. Smatnego(spelling is wrong)

Geri

Reply
Guest

Dora
  Dec 2, 06, 09:35  #5

There is no bread in the world as good as Polish Bread. Sigh. I have had Polish Croissants too... don't know what they are called in Polish.... but the pasty was light & crispy & they were shaped list a crescent and filled with this amazing apricot filling. Yum.

Reply
Member
Posts: 34
Joined: Nov 30, 06
miranda
  Dec 2, 06, 10:07  #6

Quoting: Dora, Post #5
Polish Croissants
Rogaliki

Reply
Member
Posts: 4111
Joined: Nov 13, 06
Lakelandhiker
  Dec 2, 06, 10:12  #7

Is there a Polish bread recipe that works with a bread making machine? I know it sounds lazy but my baking skills are probably not upto much!

Reply
Member
Posts: 46
Joined: Nov 13, 06
plk123
  Aug 30, 07, 01:05  #8

not one for the machine that will come out anything like the pic a few posts above.

i don't think that the recipie given will yield that result unless annab left out a step or two.


i was wondering if anyone on here new the exact recipie for the kind of bread in the pic i mentioned. thanks

Reply
Member
Posts: 3099
Joined: Aug 29, 07
plk123
Edited by: plk123  Aug 30, 07, 01:07  #9

Quoting: Dora
There is no bread in the world as good as Polish Bread. Sigh.

no kidding. i make a 300+mi round stock-up trip just so i don't have to suffer on wonderbread. lol

Reply
Member
Posts: 3099
Joined: Aug 29, 07
osiol GOLD MEMBER
  Aug 31, 07, 19:45  #10

What about bread machines?
My bread is always an awkward size and shape and always has a hole in the bottom.
If I use rye, should it be 100% or mixed with wheat flour?
Are there any seeds or anything else I could add for 'authenticity'?

Reply
Member
Posts: 4015
Joined: Jul 25, 07
beckski
  Aug 31, 07, 19:47  #11

Quoting: osiol
My bread is always an awkward size and shape and always has a hole in the bottom.


I didn't know you're a baker too. My goodness so many talents!

Reply
Member
Posts: 463
Joined: May 15, 07
osiol GOLD MEMBER
  Aug 31, 07, 19:59  #12

Quoting: beckski
I didn't know you're a baker too

Without the machine, my speciality is bagels. The boiling bit is the most fun.
Supermarket bagels (in the UK at least) are just ring-shaped bread.
Kneading is good for stress-relief.

Reply
Member
Posts: 4015
Joined: Jul 25, 07
Becky [Guest]
  Jun 9, 08, 14:48  #13

If you like chewy, hard, stale if you don't eat it that day kind of bread, then, yes, Polish bread is for you. Ugh. Give me good old fashioned home-made white bread!
And not only bread sucks, why does everything in Poland have to be fried??? You have an oven - use it!!!

Reply
Guest

Seanus GOLD MEMBER
  Jun 9, 08, 14:53  #14

Zapiekanki???? They are put in ovens. The Czechs are worse for frying things.

Poland has many types of bread. I like it but the Poles exaggerate how good it is I feel.

Reply
Member
Posts: 5284
Joined: Dec 25, 07
Franek
  Jun 9, 08, 15:06  #15

When I was growing up. My best friend was a Jewish boy. and his Dad was a baker.. Many a night that I spent helping them make bread and bagels.
For sour dough he used old rye bread soaked in water then squeezed dry. It was then added to the other ingredients and made beautiful rye bread. With caraway seeds.
I make it all the time. But just like the old guy. He never measured anything. He just looked at it and could tell when everything was right.

Reply
Member
Posts: 450
Joined: Apr 12, 08
osiol GOLD MEMBER
  Jun 9, 08, 15:28  #16

Seanus:
Poland has many types of bread. I like it but the Poles exaggerate how good it is I feel.

I've seen stuff for sale in the UK that's just cheap bread with the word chleb on it.

Franek:
He never measured anything. He just looked at it and could tell when everything was right.

The way food should be, but I find bread ingredients just have to be measured. But then I'm an amateur.

Seanus:
The Czechs are worse for frying things.

- quote from the Deep-Fried Times.

Reply
Member
Posts: 4015
Joined: Jul 25, 07
Seanus GOLD MEMBER
  Jun 9, 08, 15:32  #17

U quoting my sources again? LOL

Some bread here is heavenly but it goes off too quickly

Reply
Member
Posts: 5284
Joined: Dec 25, 07
osiol GOLD MEMBER
  Jun 9, 08, 15:33  #18

Then eat it quickly.

Reply
Member
Posts: 4015
Joined: Jul 25, 07
Seanus GOLD MEMBER
  Jun 9, 08, 15:37  #19

Smartass, I don't have a family to pass it round to. Their loaves are fairly big. The half-loaves are usually gone by the time I get there.

Reply
Member
Posts: 5284
Joined: Dec 25, 07
plk123
  Jun 9, 08, 16:24  #20

Seanus:
I like it but the Poles exaggerate how good it is I feel

i have not had better bread then polish varieties. pita is good so are a few others but nothing in comparison. american breads are just yuk.

Reply
Member
Posts: 3099
Joined: Aug 29, 07
Seanus GOLD MEMBER
  Jun 9, 08, 16:26  #21

The Japanese bread was nice, Izumo bijin. Quite sweet. Bijin means beautiful woman.

Reply
Member
Posts: 5284
Joined: Dec 25, 07
Zgubiony
Edited by: Zgubiony  Jun 9, 08, 16:56  #22

The best ever Polish bread is made by the Baltic in Ch³opy!!!!!
Paluchy

Reply

Posts: 2170
Joined: Oct 20, 06
Seanus GOLD MEMBER
  Jun 9, 08, 16:57  #23

Polish bread rolls are phenomenal too. What a great way to start the day.

Reply
Member
Posts: 5284
Joined: Dec 25, 07
Zgubiony
  Jun 9, 08, 17:08  #24

Seanus:
Polish bread rolls are phenomenal too. What a great way to start the day.

Then you'd like Paluchy. It's a long braided roll. They're only made in 1 place and by a family who only sells it there (off season maybe a local market...who knows). It's made fresh every morning and you have to wait in line to get it fresh, but no matter how long you wait it's worth it.


Reply

Posts: 2170
Joined: Oct 20, 06
Polonius3
  Jun 9, 08, 17:18  #25

In the recipe ingredients you list wholewheat rye flour. Did you mean wholegrain rye flour as in the heading?
Do you use only rye flour which is very low in gluten and does nto rise too well. Usually some white (wheat) flour is added. In fact the breads now comemrcially made in Poland contain less and less rye flour, only 30-40%. Many brands are becoming more and more like the cotton-fluff stuff the Brits call white bread.

Reply
Member
Posts: 429
Joined: Apr 11, 08
Seanus GOLD MEMBER
  Jun 10, 08, 01:22  #26

Try Hovis or Warburton. My GF is very critical of GB/UK bread but she liked those 2.

Reply
Member
Posts: 5284
Joined: Dec 25, 07
LondonChick
  Jun 10, 08, 04:31  #27

Seanus:
Try Hovis or Warburton. My GF is very critical of GB/UK bread but she liked those 2.



Really? Surely this is a novelty thing?

Give me Polish bread any day.

Reply
Member
Posts: 1143
Joined: Nov 19, 07
Seanus GOLD MEMBER
  Jun 10, 08, 04:33  #28

Could well be a novelty thing.

Even if Polish bread starts to go off, u can always toast it. That's what I'm doing now

Reply
Member
Posts: 5284
Joined: Dec 25, 07
LondonChick
  Jun 10, 08, 04:34  #29

Seanus:
That's what I'm doing now


with marmite? :P

Reply
Member
Posts: 1143
Joined: Nov 19, 07
Seanus GOLD MEMBER
  Jun 10, 08, 04:51  #30

No, with tuna and mayo

Reply
Member
Posts: 5284
Joined: Dec 25, 07
 
 [1] 2  »» Similar Threads | Latest Discussions Go UPtop of page

Home / Poland Food & Drink /

Your Reply re: Bread Baking in Poland 

Bold  Italic  Horizontal Line  Cite Source 
Ą  ą  Ć  ć  Ę  ę  Ł  ł  Ń  ń  Ó  ó  Ś  ś  Ź  ź  Ż  ż

If you read this, you are probably not a registered user yet and cannot access all forums and features!

 - Before creating a new topic, make sure to follow the Topic Title Creation Rules.
 - Your message must comply with the General Forum Rules.
 - If you have further questions, check the Forum FAQ & Feedback section.

To post anonymously, please enter a temporary and unique Username (without password).


Please register or login below:

 » Username  » Password 



Newer thread in this forum: Older thread in this forum:
Pierogi recipe and filling from my grandmother Cold Soups - Recipes for Summer


132 users online in the last hour [Guests - 85 / Members - 47] All times are CST (GMT -6)

Home . Latest Discussions . Unanswered Posts . Statistics
© 2005-08 PolishForums.com | About Us | Contact Us | Privacy, TOS, Rules | Poland Advertising |