Lavender Rosemary Semi-Sour
Wanted to use some of the lavender that's growing like crazy in our garden. Inspired by the Provençal formulae by Karin et al. Taste is different - complex, bready and savory. It's semi-sour because I used 2.5 g yeast to get this done in a day.
Formula:
120 g 100% starter
436 g Bread flour
400 g water
32 g whole wheat
32 g Rye flour
2.5 g active dry yeast
17 g salt
1 TBS chopped lavender leaves
1 TBS chopped Rosemary leaves
40 g creme de cassis liqueur (any sweet liqueur will do I'd imagine)
Dissolve yeast in some of the water
Mix starter, liquor, water and yeast
Mix dry ingredients , including herbs
Mix em up
Knead 10 minutes
Proof 90 mins with stretch and folds at 30 and 60 mins
Pre-shape and shape. Proof 60 minutes
Preheat oven to 500F form last 30 minutes of final proof
Bake 40 minutes in cast iron (20 covered, 20 uncovered)
Comments
loaf of lavender bread. Great inside and out.