Ployes

Les Ployes / Injira Bread

If you're starting this, obtain a tablespoon of starter from a friend or sourdough bakery, and do the bottom part 24 hours in advance. After that, use the batter, and then start tomorrow's batter immediately. Keep the batter in an approx 2L nonmetallic bowl with a loose fitting lid.

This makes about ten, 5", 25g cakes / pieces of bread.

To bake, you need:

• ¼ tsp baking soda (not powder) dissolved in
• ½ cup cold water

Then:

• Get the griddle smokin hot, do not grease
• Add the baking/soda water to the batter and mix well.
• It should be runnier than pancake batter; add water by the teaspoon or flour by the tablespoon if you need to thin or thicken
• Use the big stew spoon to give the batter a stir before scooping, and pour about ¼ c spoonfuls onto the griddle
• Cook until the top dries, full of holes and the bottom is light brown. Do not flip over or move around on the pan. The cakes should come free of the pan when they’re done.
• Place on a rack to cool & dry if you’re not eating them right away.

Leave 1-2 teaspoons of the batter in the bowl.

Then:

• Do not wash the bowl; leave the leftover batter/starter in it
• Add:
  • ½ c buckwheat flour
  • ¼ c all purpose flour
  • ½ c room temperature water
• Scrape down the side of the bowl and mix the old starter and new ingredients very thoroughly
• When you want to wash the bowl, move the batter out to a temporary nonmetallic container at this point.
• Leave at room temperature until tomorrow. It will foam up.

Recipe created by Dan, 2021-11