When you want something healthy and sweet, try this brilliant and delicious sourdough bread. With a good variety of dried fruit, ground nuts and an orange for one of your five a day!
Table of Contents
For yeast
- 20 g starter
- 30 g bread flour
- 20 g whole wheat flour
- 50 g water
For the dough
- 94 g the beginning of sourdough
- 330 g bread flour
- 70 g whole wheat flour
- 30 g rye flour
- 90 g nuts
- 60 gr craisins
- 310 g water
- 30 g Orange juice
- The skin of A ORANGE
- 9 g salt
Make a yeast
- Prepare your dough by combining 2 tablespoons of raw sourdough starter with 50 g of water, 30 g of bread flour and 20 g of whole wheat flour. Mix these ingredients until there are no lumps left in the flour. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise for 4 hours, or until doubled in size.
Knead the dough
- After 4 hours have passed, mix the three flours in 300g of water in a large bowl. Mix this by hand until no dry lumps remain. Simmer for 1 to 2 minutes, then cover and rest for an hour.
- after autolyse is complete, add this to the batter. Then add salt, mix and cover the dough and set aside.
Stretch and fold
- Then stretch and fold the dough for 2 hours after every hour. Grab the bottom of the dough, pulling it up and over you.
- Meanwhile, soak the craisins in the orange juice and set aside. Once they are ready for the dough, you will need to drain the orange juice.
- After you've done the final stretch on the dough, it's time to roll out the dough into a thin sheet and fold it into a letter-shaped fold. Then add your orange peel, walnuts and crackers to the letter dough.
- Transfer the dough to a lightly floured work surface and form a round ball. Then place the cranberry dough seam side up in a floured proofing bowl.
Mass fermentation
- Let the cranberry nut batter rise overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 475 degrees F. Meanwhile, remove the dough from the proofing basket and score. Then transfer the batter to a dutch oven and close the lid and place in the preheated oven.
- After 25 minutes, remove the lid from the Dutch oven and rotate the pan. Continue baking for another 35 minutes, until the crust is caramelized.
- Remove the bread from the oven, transfer to a wire rack, let the blueberry nut bread cool completely before slicing and serving.
endnoteS
- For this sourdough recipe, we'll combine blueberries and oranges to create a sweet bready flavor. It's important to soak your dried cranberries in orange juice to bring out their sweet, tangy flavors before adding them to your batter.
- You will also need one Dutch oven for baking sourdough.
- Cooking time: 1 hour
- Category: bread
What is Blueberry Nut Bread?
Cranberry Nut Bread is a soft, chewy and slightly sweet yeast bread flavored with dried cranberries and toasted walnuts. Blueberry bread can be served like any sandwich bread, toasted and buttered, perfect for any time of day.
Other recipes for sourdough
If you're a fan of sourdough toss recipes, then you'll love these:
Cranberry Sourdough Bread
The secret to a delicious bread is precision, patience and of course love for baking sourdough. When you have your starter ripe, there's no telling what you can do with it. Experiment with a variety of ideas to produce a variety of delicious treats for you and your family to enjoy!
Cranberry Nut Sourdough Bread – Frequently Asked Questions
How do you eat Costco Cranberry Nut Bread?
Costco Blueberry Bread is a pre-made bread that you can eat however you like. You can highlight the bread and enjoy it with butter, or make a delicious sweet cranberry sandwich.
What is San Francisco Style Sourdough?
Can I add oil to my sourdough bread?
You can add olive oil to your sourdough bread and it will result in a softer crust and crumb.
Can I add almond flour to sourdough?
You can add almond flour to a sourdough recipe, and this is especially good for those following a gluten free OR low carb diet.
