Seeded Sourdough Bread warm out of the oven and buttered with Creamed Honey

May 23, 2021

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Seeded Sourdough Bread

With chia, poppy, and toasted sesame seeds, this bread smells delicious and is full of flavor. The crust is crackly and the crumb is soft and chewy.

This seeded sourdough bread can be eaten any number of ways, but is particularly tasty just out of the oven, buttered and spread with Creamed Honey.

Prep Time: 50 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes

Ingredients

  • 500g white bread flour (4 cups)
  • 375g water for autolyse (scant 1 2/3 cup)
  • 80g sourdough starter (1/3 heaping cup)
  • 100g water for soaking seeds, do not drain when adding to dough (scant 1/2 cup)
  • 30g poppy seeds (3 Tbsp)
  • 30g Chia Seeds (3 Tbsp)
  • 25g toasted sesame seeds (3 Tbsp)
  • 9g salt (1.5 tsp)
  • 10g each of additional poppy, chia, and sesame seeds to decorate the top of the bread (1 Tbsp each)

Instructions

  • Toast the sesame seeds in a dry skillet on medium-low heat for 2-3 minutes or until golden brown.
  • Combine all three kinds of seeds in a small bowl and add the 100g of water, allowing the seeds to soak up the water (especially the chia seeds) during the dough’s autolyse stage.
  • Mix the flour and water and cover the dough to autolyse for about 1 hour.
  • Knead and pinch the salt and leaven into the dough. Mark the time, and cover and let the dough rest for about 30 minutes.
  • Begin a series of 4-6 stretch and folds 20-30 minutes apart, covering between each stretch and fold, and adding in the watery seed mixture at the second stretch and fold.
  • Let ferment until the dough is puffy and bubbly. From the marked time the leaven was added, this bulk ferment can be as little as 3-4 hours if your room temperature is over 80F or as long as 10-11 hours if your room temperature is under 70F. My dough fermented 5.5 hours at 77F.
  • Scrape your fermented dough out onto a floured countertop. Press out the gases while you creating a rectangular shape with the dough, then fold the dough in thirds on the long side, and then in half to make a tall square shape.
  • Cover with plastic and let the dough rest for 15 minutes.
  • Prep your counter with extra chia, sesame, and poppy seeds in a circle if you’re making a boule and an oval if you’re making a batard. Also, prep your banneton with flour as well.
  • If you’re using a tea towel to line a bowl or basket, you have the option of laying it flat on your counter, flouring it and then coating it in seeds.
  • Shape your dough into a boule or batard by knitting the sides together, and then rolling and pressing the top into the middle several times until the dough is completely flipped over. OR Flip your dough over, and tuck in the sides while rotating it in a circle.
  • Let the dough rest a few minutes to close the seams on the underside, then dampen the top of the loaf with a wet hand or by spraying it. Use your dough scraper to lift your boule/batard off the counter and flip it onto the layer of prepped seeds, rolling it a bit to capture as many as possible.
  • Transfer the dough to your floured basket. Cover and proof until it has expanded and does not rebound as readily when poked. This could be as little as 45 minutes at room temperatures and as long as 10 hours in the refrigerator. My dough proofed for 2.75 hours in the refrigerator.
  • 30 minutes before your proofing stage is over, preheat your oven to 500F (or the recommended temp for your baking vessel) with the baking vessel inside.
  • Bake at 500F for 30 minutes, lid on
  • Bake at 450F for 10 minutes, lid off
  • Or until the internal temperature of the bread is about 205F.

    Seeded sourdough bread bought to you by Two Busy Bees Honey





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