Our Artisan Bread for January: Polish Ryebread
BY BILL ST. JOHN
First, the stats on this bread: "We use about 20 percent pre-fermented rye flour, the rest wheat," says Paul Marczyk. "It will be the European measurement and shape," adds Pete Marczyk, "somewhere in between 1.5–2 kilos (3-4 pounds) and a blunt cylinder." And both brothers confirm that "we will use our rye starter that we have used for years. It originates in Poland from rye flour, water and a little honey."
It really originates in their Uncle Staszu's pants. "He came to this country with three things in his pockets," says Pete. "Some of his rye starter; a small sack of rye flour; and his recipe for cocktail sauce" — which Marczyk's has replicated for years as well. (Uncle Staszu's starter also figures in Marczyk's Jewish rye.)
"Our Polish ryebread is a non-caraway ryebread," Pete says, emphasizing that for Polish bakers, "it is one word, 'ryebread,' not two." With their Polish rye, the brothers have not loafed; they have thought this one out. (The Jewish rye, however, does have caraway seeds sprinkled about.)
You can order your Polish Ryebread through Wednesday, January 22nd; we'll bake it fresh and you can pick yours up starting Friday, January 24th.
Polish Ryebread
$8.99/loaf
We’re also making Golumpki!
Golumpki is a central European dish that consists of ground beef and/or pork, chopped onions, rice, and some seasonings, all wrapped in boiled cabbage leaves and coated in a tomato-based sauce. It goes by several slightly different names, the coolest-looking of which is gołąbki (why can't English have a few ł's and ą's?), and the coolest-sounding of which is golumpki.
Our market-made golumpki is fairly traditional: We're combining ground beef, pork sausage, and rice, and then it's as we described above. Just heat them through and serve them with mashed potatoes, rye bread and butter, and sweet applesauce.
Order your freshly made golumpki through Wednesday, January 22nd; you can pick yours up starting Friday, January 24th.
Market-Made Golumpki
$12.99/container of 4
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