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Cereals and bread from Latvia

Salinātā rudzu rupjmaize (Latvian scalded rye bread, TSG)salinātā rudzu rupjmaize

Dark, elastic, slightly moist sweet-and-sour rye loaf with caraway; acidity 8-14 (degrees; the spec prints 'pH 8-14', which must be acidity degrees), moisture 38-45 %. Made in 8 steps over 20 h – 39 h. The longest step, cool slowly in the tub, takes 12–24 h (EU Official Journal C 177/12 2013) and runs at 63–68 °C → 28 °C (EU Official Journal C 177/12 2013). lactic acid bacteria and yeasts; no baker's yeast allowed do most of the fermenting.

Key numbers
Main step12–24 hSet[s1]Cool slowly in the tub
Temperature63–68 °C → 28 °CSet[s1]Cool slowly in the tub

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedWhat goes in. No source gives amounts for this ferment.
rye flour (10 kg per batch)
caraway 0.08-0.1 kg
unfermented rye malt 0.2-0.3 kg
sugar 0.4-0.8 kg
salt 0.15-0.2 kg
up to 10 % wheat flour
Starter: backslop: 0.2-0.6 kg ferment from the previous batch plus flora kept on the unwashed wooden tub

Total time across the recorded steps: 20 h – 39 h

Start
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85–95 °C

What changes: Part of the rye flour is scalded with near-boiling water and caraway

Step 1 of 8
Scald 30 % of the flour with caraway
Time
minutes
Unconfirmed
Temperature
85–95 °C → 63 °C
Set
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Lactic acid bacteria
Yeasts

Output: hot scald.

Flavour
Not documented
Texture
thick cream, greyish brown
Colour
Not documented

Microbes at work in this step

Not documented for this step.

Method

Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source

Variants

  • SaldskābmaizeA separate Latvian sweet-sour bread type; the worklist gloss equating salinātā with saldskābmaize is not supported by the TSG text.

History and sources

Every number is labelled with how it is known. How this atlas is made

Word salināt = to sweeten by pouring hot water on flour (Karulis 1992); described by Leiše 1931 (Praktiskā mājturība) and Čekstere 2004. TSG application published 22 June 2013.

  1. [s1] EU Official Journal C 177/12, 22.6.2013, TSG application "Salinātā rudzu rupjmaize", EC No LV-TSG-0007-01043-11.10.12spec
  2. [s2] FERMDB row Salinata (citing Sarand I. et al. 2023, Traditional breads from the Baltic countries, in Traditional European Breads, Springer, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-23352-4_2)paper