Sourdough Focaccia Recipe

Sourdough Focaccia recipe | The simple and amazing Italian bread

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5 minutes reading time

Bread is one of the most wonderful accompaniments for a hot dish, and the still warm-out-of-the-oven focaccia, with its oily exterior and salty crunch, is just one of the best ones. It’s a true crowd-pleaser. This is my sourdough focaccia recipe.

Focaccia has been baked for thousands of years and is still one of the most popular tablebreads in Western Europe. It’s very easy to make, and today I will show you how you can make a super simple one using sourdough starter instead of yeast.

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Sourdough Bagels Recipe | The best bagels in the world

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6 minutes reading time

Bagels are fantastic: round, shiny, caramelized crust and a chewy interior. Bagels are versatile. You can bake them using a variety of grains, and the possibilities for toppings are almost endless. And you can put nearly anything on them; your imagination sets the limits. This is my sourdough bagels recipe.

I’m sure you are familiar with bagels. In the late 1990’s I came across a bagel sandwich shop in my local neighborhood Nørrebro, called The Bagel Co.

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Sourdough Pretzels recipe | Amazing and authentic awesome pretzels

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7 minutes reading time

Pretzels are magical. Soft on the inside, chewy and deeply caramelized crust, with that telltale tingling and slightly soapy taste. Evoking childhood memories of amusement parks, maybe Oktoberfest, or, in my case, visiting my Dad in Germany. I love an amazing pretzel, I am sure you do too. This is my recipe for sourdough pretzels.

There are soft pretzels and hard pretzels. This article and recipe are for soft pretzels that are big and soft on the inside, whereas hard pretzels are small and crunchy. While they have similar taste characteristics, the soft pretzels are Ambrosia in my opinion. It’s simply the best-baked snack that you can make.

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Easy Sourdough Panettone Recipe | Make panettone in 24 hours

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6 minutes reading time

There are so many delicious things that are made for Christmas around the world. One comes from Italy but seems to have fans all over the world is the panettone. A rich and buttery bread, filled with dried fruits and candied citrus peels. The only problem, all the classic recipes take about three days to make. So here is my recipe for easy sourdough panettone.

The classic panettone is made with a pasta madre, which is a stiff sourdough starter and the dough is risen three times. This becomes very time-consuming, so I decided to make my own easier version, but still using a starter and not using yeast.

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High hydration sourdough bread recipe – Making high hydration easy

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6 minutes reading time

Making sourdough bread is really the talk of the town, and it seems like what everybody is lusting after is the high-hydration sourdough bread. The problem is that when you up the hydration, you get a soupy dough. Then you try to up the whole grain content, but then you lose the strength of the gluten. The answer to your problems is using a tangzhong. This is my recipe for a high-hydration sourdough bread using a tangzhong.

To make this bread, you will need an active sourdough starter. If you don’t have one, you can follow my method, which is super simple.

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