German Bread Recipe | EU Politics Explained by Baking a Heavyweight Bread from Germany

today we’re looking at the heavyweightamongst Europe’s breads the Germanoutportit’s a two point five kilo loaf packedwith nutritious whole grains a familystaple that also tells us a great dealabout the German soulI’m Gert matters and I’m a Europeancorrespondent but I also love to bake sohere’s some food for thought fromGermany this recipe starts withsomething we Germans love to dorecycling if you want to bake the Germancowl board meaning literally gray breadtake 60 grams of old stale bread grindedin a meat mincer and soak it in 150milliliters of water overnight spoon ofislanders meanwhile prepare yoursourdough makes 20 grams of sourdoughstarter and 130 milliliters of waterwith 80 grams of rye flour and leave itto stand covering it with a tea toweland now for something very close toGerman people’s hearts das autonot the car auto news is what I’mtalking aboutit’s a technique whereby you gently mix780 grams of brown bread flour with 500milliliters of water then leave it allto rest it saves you kneading time andlet me tell you Germans love to save thekraut port is the heavyweight amongstEurope’s loaves Germany is not only therichest member state in the EU it’s alsothe one that has the biggest populationand this bread is just as rich itcontains three separate dough’s 390grams of rye flour 60 milliliters ofwater 15 grams of fresh yeast 20 gramsof honey and 15 grams of butter Ohnot to forget 25 grams of salt and noless mess with drum and tradition atyour peril a lesson learned by Brusselsthe Commission is not prohibiting anybread and has no intention to regulatethe salt level in bread neither inGermany nor elsewhere in the EU but onething you can regulate is your bloodpressure not with less salt but moreexercise you have to knead the dough nowfor a good 15 to 20 minutesthus d’art a novela rooting for violahub then let it proof and use the timeto ponder the quiet rise of mycompatriot it was a laugh underlined tothe EU stop job all of us in this roomlive in Europe that has grown up maturedand grown strong right from the startfonder line put her stamp on the EUinstitutions and just as well if youpress this drum and bread stamp into thedough too late it will collapse so tostay in control in politics as in bakingyou need razor-sharp instincts and whenit comes to dealing with crises in theEU no one has more experience thanAngela Merkel the German Chancellorso let’s carve in her signature gesturethe triangle of power[Music]now place the bread in the oven at 210degrees Celsius for about an houryeah as far as I’m good nervous viadiffusion between mum if you have anyleftovers don’t worry all you need is ameat mincer in a fresh drum how boat ison its way[Music][Applause][Music]thanks for watching and if you’re hungryfor more bread recipes click here