This is a festive development of the Raisin Borodinsky bread that I started producing at my Village Bakery in Melmerby soon after I returned – with sourdough and new understanding – from visiting friends and bakers in Russia in the early 1990s. Borodinsky is sourdough rye with malt and coriander; the raisin version was said to come from the Karelian region of Northern Russia bordering Finland.
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