Saaristolaisleipä - Finnish Archipelago bread with sourdough
What a long, strange few years it has been. These strange times we live in saw the end of my microbakery and for a while even the end of my passion for baking. It took time and some encouragement from loved ones for me to take my trusty starter Risto Raski out of its long hibernation and start baking again. Baking feels fun again so I figured I would add a few of my most trusted recipes here to the blog in English. The first is my recipe for Finnish Archipelago bread that was a favourite for many in the Finnish sourdough baker group Hapanjuurileipurit on Facebook. The original recipe is still in the group in its 2017 form and boy have I learned a lot about this particular bread since. I have been able to streamline the recipe in many ways and it feels nice to share this recipe in its current form where all the (in hindsight pointless) fiddling has been removed from it. Finnish Archipelago bread This dark malted bread is a very easy bake even for a beginner, it is a dough that is just
