Carrot Sourdough Bread

Published: Jan 29, 2021 ·by Swathi.This post may contain affiliate links ·

Delicious vitamin A loaded Carrot Sourdough bread made with fresh carrot juice,flour, active starter and salt. I didn't add any sweetner if you want you can add maple syrup, honey or sweetner of your choice

Carrot Sourdough Bread with carrot and bread knife on background

This is a vitamin A rich sourdough bread, i.e., it is a carrot sourdough bread made with fresh carrot juice. Natural sweetness from the carrot as well as it hints of sweetness with colorful orange hue. I did not add any sweetener to this recipe as I want full carrot flavor.

Health Benefits of Carrots?

Carrots are rich in vitamin A and is needed for eye health. Also, carrots are rich in potassium and helps to reduce the risk of high blood pressure and other cardiovascular issues. Another antioxidant that carrots provide is vitamin C. They are also rich in Vitamin K.

How to make this Carrot Sourdough Bread

You need 4 ingredients to make carrot sourdough bread.

Leaven: I used bread flour and whole wheat flour leaven made from 100% sourdough starter.

Carrots: I used fresh carrot juice and used that instead of water.

Flour: Bread flour, rye flour and whole wheat flour.

Salt: I have used sea salt; you can use Himalayan salt if you want.

Variations

I did not add any sweetener or herbs to this carrot sourdough bread. if you want you can add maple syrup, honey, or sugar.

I you want you can make a carrot bread with either ginger or garlic or lemon zest or orange zest,

Spices like cinnamon, coriander also goes well with carrot.

Herbs like dill or spearmint or tarragon, and thyme makes great combo with carrot.

You can add nuts and seeds to this sourdough bread, Cashew nuts and walnuts will go with this.

You can also add seeds such as sesame seeds, poppy seeds.

Is grated carrot or carrot puree or carrot juice to get good color to the sourdough bread?

I find that using carrot juice gives the good orange hue that you are looking for. If you add grated carrots it gives only speckles of orange. If you want to add carrot puree, it makes the bread denser so use in less quantity.

I have used orange carrots, so the color of the bread turned out to be orange. If you can find purple carrot sure bread will have a beautiful purple hue.

Points to remember while making this Carrot Sourdough bread?

1. You need to use active young leaven.

2) Try to use a mix of bread flour and whole wheat or rye flour.

3) Make fresh carrot juice and use instead of water

4) Since carrots has natural sugars in it, Autolyse flour only for 30 minutes.

If you are into natural colored sourdough bread like me then sure to check out these.

For blue color: Butterfly pea flour Multigrain sourdough

Light pink: Prickly pear sourdough bread

Yellow: Turmeric Sourdough bread

If you do not have any sourdough starter check here to make one

Make sure to check these if you want to make perfect sourdough bread.

How to serve this carrot sourdough bread?

They make excellent sandwich.

You can also enjoy this sourdough bread with sweetened cream cheese to get a taste of carrot cake.

Just simply toast them with butter and sprinkle some cinnamon to make an excellent cinnamon carrot toast.

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Baking Schedule

Make Leaven/Leavain 8. 00 A.M

Autolyse the Flours with carrot juice 12.30 A.M

Incorporate leaven/levain into the dough 1.00 P.M

Add salt into dough around 1.30 P.M

After 1 hour stretch and fold the dough around 2.30 P.M

Then around 3.30 P.M stretch and fold and dough for second time.

Around 4.30 P.M Laminate the dough.

First coil fold 5.30 P.M Coil fold the dough.

second coil fold at 6.00 P.M

Pre-shape at 7.00 P.M.

Shape the dough 7.15 P.M

Cold Retard/ Refrigerator Overnight up to 14 hours

Bake at 7.00 P.M

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