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Blue Masa Sourdough Bread

Blue masa sourdough is a distinctive variation of sourdough bread that incorporates blue masa, which is a type of corn masa made from blue corn. It has an earthy, nutty tasting butterfly pea flower as well as blue corn
Prep Time5 hours
Cook Time50 minutes
8 hours
Total Time13 hours 50 minutes
Course: Breakfast, Brunch, Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: #sourdoughbread, Blue masa sourdough bread
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 98kcal

Equipment

  • Just About Foods Organic Blue Corn Flour 

Ingredients

  • 2 ¼ cup 350 g Bread flour
  • ¼ cup /20 g Rye flour
  • ¼ cup 75g Blue masa flour I used Just About Foods Organic Blue Corn Flour 
  • ½ cup 80g water for blue masa
  • 1 ¾ cup /350 g Water
  • 1 ½ teaspoon / 9 g Salt
  • cup / 70 g Sourdough starter

Instructions

  • First make active sourdough starter
  • Then make Blue Masa
  • By Mix blue corn flour + butterfly pea flower water (80g Warm Water + 1 teaspoon butterfly pea flower)
  • Make Dough
  • In a bowl, add bread flour and rye flour and add the rest of water and mix well and autolyse 30 minutes.
  • Then Incorporate the sourdough starter with flour.
  • Mix starter with the flour mix and mix with hand. Knead for 1-2 minutes until well combined. Cover and let rest for 30 minutes to one hour.
  • Then after 30 minutes add salt. Mix well and cover the dough again and set aside.
  • Incorporate Blue masa dough.
  • Add incorporate blue masa dough into the dough mix .
  • After 1 hour stretch and fold the dough.
  • Stretch and fold.
  • Then stretch and fold the dough every 1 hour for 2 hours. This means grabbing the underside of the dough and stretching it up and over the rest of the dough. Perform a few of these turns each time you handle the dough.
  • Shaping the dough
  • After one hour , transfer the dough to a lightly floured workspace and shape it into round Boule. Fold the third of the dough closest to you inward, and then stretch the dough out to the sides. Fold the right, and then the left side toward the center. Fold the top of the dough inward, and then wrap the bottom part of the dough over it all. If you want, you can make pre-shape and set aside for 15 minutes and then make a final shape.
  • Work this into a round shape, and place seam side up in a proofing basket lined well with flour.
  • Cold proof
  • After transferring to Banneton, Let rise the dough overnight in the refrigerator. You can keep this cold retard up to 14 hours.
  • Score and Bake
  • When you are ready to bake preheat oven to 475°F.
  • Remove the dough from the proofing basket and score and transfer to Dutch oven and close the lid and immediately place the top back on and return to the oven.
  • Turn the heat down to 450°F and cook for 25 minutes.
  • After 25 minutes remove the top of the Dutch oven and rotate the pan. Continue to bake the bread for another 35 minutes, until the crust is deeply caramelized.
  • If you want crackling crust after switching off the oven keep oven door ajar and keep the bread inside.
  • once bread comes out of oven cool completely in the wire rack and cut it into slice and enjoy with some butter

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Nutrition

Calories: 98kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 0.4g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.04g | Sodium: 294mg | Potassium: 31mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 0.1g | Vitamin A: 0.5IU | Calcium: 6mg | Iron: 0.3mg
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