The best Czech bread recipe! / Nejlepsi recept na cesky zitny chleb!
July 14, 2008
I know how everyone of us poor Czech/Slovak souls living abroad, suffer without real Czech bread and that is why I went on a recipe hunt. And I found one. When I first read it though, I thought I was going to either faint or have an anxiety attack. It looked so complicated!!! “Well, I will at least give it a try, just for the heck of it”, I told myself. And I have to tell you, it was actually a lot of fun! Sure it takes couple of days to prepare the sourdough, but it really takes up like 1 minute per day – very easy and very worth it! When my first loaf came out of that oven I just couldn’t believe the fact that it looked like a real loaf of bread! And when I tasted it I became even more amazed as it not only looked but also tasted like a REAL Czech bread!
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I got this fabulous recipe from Daniel Leader who actually went all over Europe to find out and learn the authentic European bread recipes and this is what he says about the Czechs: ” They eat this rye bread the way French eat their baguettes. I saw it at every meal I ate in Prague, with cheese for breakfast, with goulash at the main midday meal, and especially as the foundation for chlebicky (open-faced sandwiches)”. You can find all of his bread recipes (including this one) in his “Local Breads: Sourdough and Whole-Grain Recipes from Europe’s Best Artisan Bakers
THE BEST CZECH BREAD RECIPE (click here)
PS: This is how my “experiment” turned out…not bad, right?? If I can do it, you can do it 
This is the great cookbook I got this recipe from:
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Ahoj: Jak se mate,? Dobre? I love CZECH bREAD!!
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Recipe in czech for the most authentic czech sourdough bread:
http://kvaskovychleb.cz/
This recipe looks complicated but persevere with it – it’s worth it! My Czech boyfriend and I have been together for 2 years and he’s always complained about not being able to find “real” bread – now he’s so pleased I’ve found this recipe! It takes a little time but worth it in the end as he would tell you! The loaf hardly lasts 2 days! Add some Caraway seeds (kmin doesn’t equal cumin!) and you’ve got as close to Czech bread as you’ll find anywhere. Thanks Tanja!
Thank you so much! I am so glad someone persevered with it! As I said new, easier recipe is coming your way soon..:)))
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Sorry to tell you, but zitny chleb is never used for chlebicky (little open sendwiches)ibn Czech Republic. It is long white french loaf type of bread which is used.
Nice of you though, that you are trying to be “authentic”. Perhaps you have been born in USA? Or left CR as small child.
Ahoj Magan,
jo, ja jsem v Cechach vyrustala, takze ty nase zvyky zvladam. Take vim, ze se na chlebicky pouziva veka, ale jestlize se pozorne podivas na recept,cituji tam nekoho jineho, ne me.
Dik!
Sorry, I assumed that you published it, so information came from you/your blog. So, then my comment belongs to a person you quoted, not to you personally.
Promin, usoudila jsem, ze jsi to publikovala, takze informace byla od tebe/tveho blogu. Tak tedy ma poznamka nepatrila tobe osobne, ale tomu koho jsi ve svem blogu citovala.
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