Sourdough Onion Herb Bread Food

SOURDOUGH ONION RYE BREAD

Steps:

• To proof your starter, feed it with equal parts of flour and water, cover loosely and let it sit overnight or up to 12 hours (longer proof=sourer flavor).
• At this point, measure out your 2 cups of starter into mixing bowl and proceed with recipe.
• Saute onions in olive oil until they become translucent.
• Remove from heat and add butter, water and salt.
• Cool to lukewarm (85 degrees F) and stir into starter.
• Add the rye flour and mix well.
• Add the white flour gradually, until it is too stiff to mix by hand.
• Turn onto a floured surface and knead in enough remaining flour until dough is satiny.
• Shape into an elongate loaf.
• Place on baking sheet and let rise, covered, in a warm place for 1 to 2 hours, or until about doubled in bulk (rising time will vary according to your starter, but it takes longer than breads made with commercial yeast).
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Make diagonal slashes in top of loaf with a razor blade or very sharp knife.
• Bake for 40 to 50 minutes.
• Remove from baking sheet and cool on wire rack.
• This bread could also be made using the dough cycle of your bread machine.

ONION BREAD II

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.
• Stir salt, shortening, minced onions, oregano and 2 cups bread flour into yeast mixture. Stir in the remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, beating well after each addition. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 1 hour.
• Stir dough to deflate and place it into a lightly greased 9x5 inch loaf pan. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise until the top of the dough is within 1/2 inch of the top of the pan, about 40 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• After loaf has risen, arrange onion slices on top of the loaf. Pour melted butter over the slices and bake in preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from pan to cool on a wire rack.

ROASTED GARLIC ROSEMARY SOURDOUGH BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 400°F (200°C).
• Cut the root end of the blb off reveal the inside cloves.
• Drizzle with avocado oil to coat the bulb and wrap the garlic in foil.
• Roast on a sheet pan until soft. The time depends on your clove size. Start with 20 minutes and then check your cloves. Add oven time as needed.
• The garlic will be soft and caramelized when ready. You should be able to take a clove and squish the insides out easily when properly roasted.
• Use a food scale:
• Set a large bowl on the scale and press the tare button until it says zero.
• Pour in the the water measure and press tare.
• Pour in the starter and whisk the starter and water together.
• Pour in the flour measure and then press tare.
• Add half of the salt.
• Combine to form a rough dough.
• Cover with a damp towel and Autolyse (rest the dough) for 30 to 60 minutes. This is an important step to hydrolyze your dough. Don't skip this step.
• Squeeze the cooled (or thawed) roasted garlic cloves directly into the bowl. I used several cloves and the flavor was good. Adjust the amount of garlic to your own tastes. A whole bulb can be a lot if the bulb is large.
• Add the chopped fresh whole rosemary leaves.
• Gently knead the dough until the rosemary and garlic is evenly distributed throughout the dough. DON"T overwork the dough.
• Bulk rise at room temperature covered until double in size, about 8 to 10 hours at 70 degrees F. OR you can cover the bowl with a lid and put it in a plastic bag and set it in the fridge to rise overnight up to 15 hours. Remove from the fridge and let warm for an hour before shaping.
• Gently pour or roll the dough out of your bowl onto a work surface.
• Shape it into a round and let rest for 5 to 10 minutes.
• Gently pull the dough into a ball using your dough cutter and wet hands. Pull the dough toward you in a circular motion to tighten its shape. Set the dough ball into a greased bowl or rice flour rubbed banneton.
• Set the banneton in your fridge and let it chill an hour.
• Meanwhile preheat your oven for an hour WITH THE DUTCH OVEN IN IT.
• Preheat your oven to 450 degrees F.
• Cut a sheet of parchment paper to fit the size of your loaf with some extra to give you handles on each side when moving the dough around.
• Place the parchment over the banneton and dough and invert the bowl to release the dough onto the parchment.
• Sprinkle remaining salt over the top of the loaf.
• Use the tip of your Lame to make long cuts around the dough or score however you prefer.
• Lift the dough with the parchment to transfer the dough into the hot baking pot.
• Bake the dough on the center rack for 30 minutes, covered.
• Remove the lid, and continue to bake for 20 minutes.
• Check the temperature of the loaf at this point. If it is caramelized and the digital internal temp is 200 degrees remove to cooling rack. It's done.
• If it under 200 degrees in the center of the loaf Lift the loaf out of the pot, and finish baking directly on the oven rack until the loaf is caramelized, sounds hollow when thumped and reaches 200 degrees F internal temp.
• Transfer to a wire rack, and cool for 1 hour before slicing.

ONION HERB BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in water. Add the milk, butter, sugar, rosemary, salt, dill, garlic powder, onion and 1 cup of flour. Beat until smooth. Add the remaining flour and stir for about 1 minute. , Transfer to a greased bowl. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 30 minutes. , Stir the batter down, about 25 strokes. Spread into a greased 8x4-in. loaf pan. Cover and let rise until almost doubled, about 15 minutes. , Bake at 375° for 40-45 minutes. Remove from pan to a wire rack. Serve warm.

SOURDOUGH ONION HERB BREAD

Steps:

• Add all ingredients to bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer.
• Select dough cycle, but remove from machine at the end of the kneading and do not let dough rise in machine.
• Turn dough out onto lightly floured board and shape into two loaves.
• Place into greased bread pans and spray tops with non-stick cooking spray.
• Cover and let rise in a warm place until light.
• Patience here, as this can take several hours (usually 2 1/2 to 3).
• Bake at 350° F for about 30 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Remove from oven and turn out of pans onto wire rack to cool.
• Brush tops of loaves with butter while still hot.
• Recipe can also be made without a bread machine, using conventional methods.

MAKE GARLIC ONION BREAD

Steps:

• In​ a large bowl, mix water and yeast. Add milk, sugar, salt, butter, garlic powder, and onion. Stir. Add 3 cups flour and mix well. Add in enough flour to make a dough that follows the spoon around the bowl. Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface and knead for 4 minutes, adding more flour as needed until the dough is soft and smooth to the touch. Place dough in medium greased bowl. Turn dough over in bowl so that the top is also lightly greased. Cover with clean cloth and let rise in warm, draft-free place for 1 hour or until doubled in size.
• Punch down dough. Turn dough out onto ​a lightly floured board and knead for 4 minutes or until the bubbles are out of the bread. Shape dough into the loaf. Place loaf in greased bread pan. Cover and let rise in warm, draft-free place for 45 minutes or until doubled in size.
• Bake bread at 350 F for 45 minutes or until the bread sounds hollow when the top is tapped. Remove bread from pan and let cool on ​a rack.
• Serve bread warm with homemade whipped butter or, for extra garlic flavor, with garlic chive butter . The bread can also be sliced, topped with a favorite hard cheese, such as grated mozzarella cheese, and toasted in a toaster oven until cheese melts and the bread is lightly brown.

MIXED-ONION SOUP IN SOURDOUGH BREAD BOWLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Cut 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch off top of bread loaves. Scoop out bread, leaving 1/2-inch-thick shell. Generously brush inside of bread bowls and lids with melted butter. Place bread bowls and lids, buttered side up, directly on oven rack; bake until crisp, about 20 minutes. Remove from oven; set aside.
• Melt 1/4 cup butter in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add white onions, leeks, red onions, garlic and shallot to pot. Cook until vegetables are dark brown, stirring occasionally, about 25 minutes. Add flour and stir 1 minute. Gradually mix in Sherry. Boil mixture until very thick, scraping up browned bits, about 5 minutes. Gradually mix in stock; add thyme and rosemary and bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 30 minutes. Add cream; simmer until slightly thickened, about 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Place 1 bread bowl on each plate. Place bread lid alongside. Ladle soup into bread bowls and serve.

DURUM HERB CHEESE SOURDOUGH BREAD

Steps:

• Sauté the herbs, garlic, and pepper in olive oil and set aside to cool. If you want impressive garlic power, use all four cloves (or more) and just warm the minced garlic in the oil. If you want muted garlic flavor, you can reduce the quantity of garlic and/or heat to the point of softness.
• Measure and prepare in a bowl the dry ingredients of the dough, including the cheese.
• Add the water, starter and sautéed ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix.
• Cover the dough and set it aside at room temp for one hour.
• After one hour, stretch and fold the dough four times as per the first video here. To summarize the video instructions: scrape the dough loose from the bowl with a wet scraper, lift it out with two hands, fold it in thirds. Then do the same from the opposite sides of the dough.
• Put the dough back in the bowl, cover and set a timer for twenty minutes.
• Repeat this three more times. This is four stretch and folds over the course of the second hour since mixing (1:00, 1:20, 1:40 and 2:00 hours). You should notice a big difference in the pliability of the dough over the course of the stretching and folding.
• Let dough ferment for an additional 6-12 hours depending on room temp (that is 8-14 hours total since mixing up the dough).
• Scrape the dough out of its bowl onto a well-floured counter. Gently spread the dough into a rectangle. Fold the dough in thirds and then in half. See this Breadtopia video for more details on folding and shaping.
• Let the dough rest for 15 minutes while you wash the dough bowl and prep your proofing basket. I sprinkled flour directly into an oval coiled rattan basket.
• Flour your hands and the dough, flip the dough, tuck under the edges while rotating it to create a batard shape.
• Lay your dough in the basket, seam side down and cover.
• Put the basket in the refrigerator for about 10 hours (up to 20) OR leave the basket at room temperature for about 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven and your baking vessel to 500 F for thirty minutes before the proofing time is up.
• Flour your hand and flip the dough out of the basket, and place it into the hot baking vessel. Score it with a razor or allow the existing seams to open up.
• Bake until the internal temp is around 205 F.
• 30 minutes at 500 degrees, lid on.
• 10 minutes at 450 degrees, lid off.
• Variations
• Eliminate the stretching and folding. The loaf may be a bit flatter, but the crumb will still be open and the taste delicious.
• Reserve the herb-garlic sauté until after the bulk fermentation, and then spread it onto the dough when you fold it in thirds. This works best if you strain or squeeze out the oil from the sauté. The crumb will have a swirly pattern of herbs.
• Use mozzarella cheese cut in chunks instead of provolone. The crumb will be open from the melting chunks and the cheese flavor is milder. Consider adding an additional 1/2 tsp of salt.
• Use provolone in slices that you add after the bulk fermentation and while folding in thirds. This creates a strange crumb with long open layers.
• (Pictures of these variations are below the photographic instructions.)

SOURDOUGH RYE BREAD

Steps:

• Combine the starter, water, rye flour and 1 cup of the bread flour. Mix with the paddle on low speed until it forms a thick batter. Cover the bowl and set aside for 30-60 minutes.
• If using a stand mixer, change to the dough hook. Add the malt syrup, salt and the rest of the bread flour and mix until the dough begins to clean the bottom of the bowl and form a ball around the hook. If the dough is still extremely sticky and does not clear the sides of the bowl, you can add up to 1/4 cup more flour, a tablespoon at a time. If mixing by hand add as much of the bread flour as you can then turn the dough out onto a floured surface and finish kneading in the rest of the flour.
• Knead for 3-4 minutes on medium speed or 4-5 minutes by hand. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead into a smooth ball. Place the dough in a lightly oiled bowl, turn once to coat the dough. Cover the bowl and set it aside at room temperature.
• After 30 minutes uncover the bowl, lift one side of the dough and fold it into the middle of the dough. Repeat with the other three sides of the dough then flip the dough over. You're basically turning the dough inside-out to redistribute the yeast. Cover the bowl and after 30 minutes repeat the procedure. Cover the bowl and after 60 minutes repeat the procedure again.
• Cover the bowl and after 60 minutes knead the dough, return it to the bowl. By now the dough should be lively, elastic and airy. If the dough is still sluggish give it another hour or two at room temperature. Cover tightly and refrigerate over night.
• Remove from refrigerator and dump the cold dough onto floured surface. Sprinkle the dough with 1 tablespoon caraway seeds and knead to distribute the seeds
• If you want two smaller loaves, divide the dough in half. Knead the dough into a smooth ball then taper two ends to form an oblong football shape. If baking in a Dutch oven form the dough into a round ball.
• Place on a wooden peel or sheet pan sprinkled liberally with corn meal. If you want to bake the bread in a Dutch oven place the dough onto a sheet of parchment paper. Cover with a damp kitchen towel and leave in a warm place until doubled in size and it springs back slowly when poked, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 425°F. If you have a baking stone preheat that in the oven. If you want to bake the bread in a Dutch oven or other heavy pot put that in the oven to preheat.
• Make 5 diagonal slashes in the dough with a single edge razor or very sharp knife. Brush dough with egg white and sprinkle with the other tablespoon of caraway seeds.
• Slide the dough onto the preheated stone or slide the sheet pan into the oven. The bread is ready when tapping the bottom of the loaf produces a hollow sound, or use a probe thermometer to check for an internal temperature of 190°-200°F. Baking time is about 35 minutes.
• If using the Dutch oven to bake follow these directions: Remove the preheated pan from the oven and remove the lid. Use the parchment paper to lift the loaf into the Dutch oven. If you don't have a Dutch oven, slide the parchment paper onto a baking sheet. Replace the lid on the pot and slide it into the oven. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove the lid from the Dutch oven. The loaf should be well risen and pale in color. Continue baking another 20 minutes until the loaf is nicely browned and beginning to crisp. Remove the pan from the oven. Use the parchment to lift the loaf out of the pan. Use the parchment to place the loaf directly onto the rack in the oven. Bake another 5-10 minutes until the loaf is deeply browned and very crisp. Total baking time is about 40-50 minutes.
• Cool completely on a wire rack before slicing.