Italian Rye Bread

Italian rye bread is produced using a combination of rye and wheat flour (plain or strong), with the wheat flour making up the major proportion. This makes this type of rye bread less heavy than its Scandinavian and eastern European equivalents.

Italian rye has a light coloured crumb and crust, with a delicious sweet-sour flavour. It is ideal for dipping in olive oil or for cutting into slices for sandwiches. Some varieties of the bread also include caraway seeds, which gives it a more distinct flavour, more akin to the hearty rye breads of northern and eastern Europe.