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Roasted Red Bell Pepper and Red chili sourdough

Delicious roasted red bell pepper and red chili sourdough bread made with sourdough starter, Mexican blend cheese, and multigrain dough. Great sourdough bread with a touch of sweetness from red bell pepper and light heat from red chilies
Prep Time5 hours
Cook Time50 minutes
Resting the dough8 hours
Total Time13 hours 50 minutes
Course: Appetizer, Breakfast, Brunch
Cuisine: American
Keyword: #sourdoughbread, Roasted Red Bell Pepper and Red Chili sourdough
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 160kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 ¾ cups / 350g Bread flour
  • ¼ cup heaping /50g spelt flour
  • ½ cup / 50g Rye flour
  • ½ cup / 50g Whole wheat flour
  • 1 ¾ cups /395g water
  • cup / 49g Red Bell pepper
  • 1 ½ teaspoon / 9g salt
  • ½ cup / 100g sourdough starter
  • 2 / 3 g Thai red chili
  • cup/ 60g Mexican style Blended Shredded Cheese

Instructions

  • FIRST MAKE SOURDOUGH STARTER
  • In a bowl add 15g sourdough starter, + 45g bread flour and 5 g rye flour and 50g water and mix well and set aside for 5 hours or until it doubles in volume.
  • MAKE DOUGH
  • When the starter is ready in large bowl add sourdough starter and water ( 385g) and bread flour, whole wheat flour, spelt flour and rye flour and mix well and set aside for one hour.
  • After 1 hour add salt and rest of water ( 15g) and combine everything then set aside for 1 hour
  • STRETCH AND FOLD
  • Then stretch and fold the dough every 1 hour for until 2 hours.
  • This means grabbing the underside of the dough and stretching it up and over the rest of the dough. Perform 6-7 turns each time you manage the dough.
  • LAMINATE THE DOUGH
  • One hour after last stretch and fold do a lamination of the dough. Means spread the dough onto a thin sheet and fold it into a letter fold. Incorporate Roasted red bell pepper, red chili pepper and Mexican style shredded cheese.
  • Set it aside for another hour. By this time dough will be doubled 50% approximately.
  • SHAPING THE DOUGH
  • Then transfer the dough lightly floured workspace and shape them 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 sides in 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. Then 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/ 246°C.
  • 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 475°F/246 °C and cook for 15 minutes. Then reduce the temperature to 450°F/ 232°C for 15 minutes with lid.
  • Continue to bake the bread for another 15 minutes, until the crust is deeply caramelized. Give 10-15 minutes extra if you want more crusty bread.
  • 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 slices and enjoy with butter.

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Notes

You can double the amount of red bell pepper and red chili pepper. 

Nutrition

Calories: 160kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 56mg | Potassium: 70mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 0.2g | Vitamin A: 42IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 1mg
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