I’ve been having fun with my sourdough starter again recently, as you will have seen from my previous post, and may have already seen on Instagram…? Well, this loaf was my biggest experiment yet…
I’ve seen lots of wonderful looking filled or flavoured loaves of bread on others people’s blogs and have wanted to try out some ideas but wasn’t sure what effect the added ingredients would have on the dough. This week I had put together two different sourdough doughs so decided to risk one of them.
The dough was a mixture of spelt flour, kamut/Khorason flour and a smaller amount of strong white flour, consequently the dough was quite sloppy and not the easiest to work with. When you use spelt flour, whether using 100% spelt or with a small percentage of other strong bread flours as I did here, the dough initially feels quite sturdy, but quickly loosens up as it proves, it is therefore often useful to bake the bread in a tin to help it keep a shape. I didn’t do that this time which is why when you bake the bread, the dough spreads before it rises during the bake, hence why the bread looks flatter than previous loaves, it made up for its looks in taste though 🙂
So, I basically put the dough together based on the overnight recipe I’ve used many times before, using 200g spelt flour, 200g kamut flour & 100g strong white flour, 160g bubbly starter & 290g water. It developed and rose beautifully overnight and the next day I used a scraper to pour the dough onto a large tray sprinkled with flour and crumbled mild goats cheese over the top along with some za’atar mixed with olive oil..
I then had to use the scraper to loosely mix it through the dough, I didn’t work it too much, then left it to rise again whilst I heated the oven..
I heated the oven to 250C (fan) then poured – yes, poured, it was that sloppy! – the dough into my roasting pan, put the lid on, turned the oven down to 220C and baked it for 30 minutes with the lid on, and a further 12 minutes without it. The smell as it baked was AMAZING!!!!!!! OMG! spelt smells amazing as you bake it, so does kamut, put them together with the spices, and woohoo!!! heaven in your nose!
I ate it on its own yesterday, it didn’t need anything with it to be honest. By this morning the aroma of the za’atar filled the kitchen and it took all my will power to wait until lunch time to have some!
I toasted a couple of slices and topped them with ricotta cheese and some cherry tomatoes and garlic that I had slow roasted yesterday..
So good!! And check me out using my gorgeous new bowls from Sytch Farm Studios – I’ve been looking at them and loving them for three weeks now so finally decided to use them…I struggle to use new things! I like to cherish them in all their new beautiful glory for a while, I’m exactly the same with clothes!!
Anyway, I hope you feel inspired to chuck something new in your dough, next time I will add more goats cheese, as it got a bit lost. I hope my lovely friends at this week’s Fiesta Friday enjoy my loaf, do join us and our lovely co hosts this week, the fabulous Linda and Caroline.
Have a great weekend!
Looks great! 😃
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Thank you ☺️
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That’s it, I’ve packed my bags for the UK. We’re opening a bakery . . . which will serve burgers once a month out the back door window. Does this ever look so mother-lovin’ good Elaine! I love the idea of adding spice and cheese to the bread!!!! You are working some garlic porn too with those lovely moist cloves there!
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Yay!!! I’m loving that plan!!!! Lots of grilled cheese sandwiches too 😄😄
Thank you, my lovely, you inspire me xx
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I can almost smell the delicious flavorful bread Elaine. Zaatar in bread…wow!
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Yay! Thank you xx
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wow! wow! wow!!
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😄😄😄😄
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This is a gorgeous bread Elaine and hey you have stated eating breads again :)…
Beautiful beautiful!❤️
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Thank you 😍😍 I’m okay if I have a little bit every so often ☺️☺️ it’s an advance, which is good!!
xx
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Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas Elaine!!!
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Thank you, and to you xxxx
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Wonderful combination of flavors and colors! 🙂
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Thank you ☺️☺️
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Elaine this looks superb. It’s breakfast time here in Australia and this would be wonderful…
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It would! Thank you xx how are you feeling?
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Hey Elaine, I’m feeling pretty good at the moment 🙂 enjoying the second trimester of non sickness! It is so much nicer.
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That’s great, I bet you’re glowing 🙂
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Definitely! Sporting some very clear skin…which is always welcome ahha.
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Ha ha! Enjoy it 🙂
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Also every time you post about goats cheese I end up eating it right away ahaha….
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Hee hee 🙂 nice to have such an effect!
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I’ve been thinking I need to make bread again but this has got me thinking I need to start it tomorrow! Looks and sounds so good. I loved the look of those tomatoes on bread when I saw them on facebook earlier, but now I hear the flavor of the bread I REALLY want that too. Yum! What a great experiment you had. Thanks for sharing with us all at FF!
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Thank you for your lovely comments, I hope you have fun with your bread 🙂 and thank you for co hosting, happy FF! X
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Elaine, I could snack on this all day long 😀 The bread is amazing and I’m so glad you posted it for Fiesta Friday. Thanks for sharing with us and have a wonderful weekend! 🙂 xxx
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Thank you, I think you’d like it 🙂
I hope you’re enjoying co hosting, happy Fiesta Friday and happy weekend xx
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Oh wow, Elaine! This looks beyond amazing! 😀
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Thank you ☺️☺️☺️ how are you doing?
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I just fed my sourdough starter while thinking I need to make something new with it. Lovely bread and the crust – yum! I like the way you served it too 🙂
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Thank you 🙂 have fun with your starter!
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Oh what colors, and intense flavors! Love it all, I could even eat it right about now, which is breakfast time on the East Coast 🙂
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Yay! Good morning!!! If I could send you some through the screen, I would 🙂
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Haven’t touched my sourdough starter in way too long, I feel bad about it….
I often have breads that will flatten up on me during baking – Phil gets a nice laugh if he’s around when I open the oven, lift the lid and… if that’s the case I scream “Pancake City!” 😉
but as you said, the taste matters most – I don’t care if it’s not all plump and round, as long as the taste is great
I absolutely MUST refresh my starter and play with it….
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Yes, do it!!!!
If they don’t look beautiful, we just don’t photograph them 😉
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Oh how I love those tomatoes and garlic! Your sourdough bread looks really amazing, Elaine! I bet it tastes fabulously delicious, too! 🙂 I wish you a fantastic weekend! xx
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Thank you so much honey xxx
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Oh, Elaine!! I want to come over and smell your house. (Is that weird?)
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No! I completely understand!!!
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I let my starter die, it was in the back of my fridge and dried out. Need to start from the beginning, I love this Elaine, so simple and delicious and your bread is amazing and awesome and it looks incredible with the ricotta and tomatoes. Totally satisfying.
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Thank you so much, it was so good!!
Could you rehydrate your starter?
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No it was like cement in the container. I have to find the recipe for the starter and make it again.
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Okay – I think it’s great fun creating starters, seeing them grow is awesome!
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Oh my gosh Elaine that bread is a work of art and excites my bread loving heart. The topping sounds amazing. That slow roasted garlic has me drooling.
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Thank you, I’m glad you like it 🙂
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Omg this looks absolutely amazing!!!
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Thank you 🙂
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Your sourdough loaf looks amazing xxx
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Thank you x x x
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Wow flavorsome bread….
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🙂 x
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Every time I see these posts, I think, oooh, I’m going to have a go at that, it looks delish! But it never seems to happen. Life seems to happen instead. (Crazy life a bit too often.) So I think I’ll just drool over your page instead. 🙂
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That sounds like a fair plan to me, much less work! 🙂
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Beautiful! I just want to stick my nose in some of that hot bread and breathe!
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Ha ha! Sounds good to me!!!
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I love zaatar! yummmm
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You would love this!!!!
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I know i would, a nice addition! I think we are on the same page with cooking for sure yummm!
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I think so too! It’s the flavours of the middle east isn’t it?
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oh yes and I love those two things in particular! a nice zesty flavor combo!
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Definitely!!
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🙂 I hope you will have a fun and relaxing week! I love your tree
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Thank you, and you xxx
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xxx
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Oh my God! Can I make an order for this bread? 🙂 I adore zaatar and that slices with roasted tomatoes (I love them too) looks perfect to me! So yummy!
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Ha ha! I’m sure you could make it 🙂 thank you x
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Waw, that special well flavored bread looks just awesome & ooh so appetizing too! xxx
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Wow, Elaine. I could eat this all day for an entire day!! Your bread looks delicious and the cherry tomatoes and garlic put it over the top. 😀
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Ha ha! I could make a huge batch and we could sit all day eating and chatting 😀😀😀 thank you xx
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Sounds like a plan!!
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😘😘😘
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A combination made in heaven!! I adore za’atar and with roasted tomatoes this must be amazing!! 😀
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I can tell you it was!!
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This looks totally delicious. I have to try th combo 🙂
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Thank you 🙂 I hope you like it!
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