Spring Bread
Spring bread is flavoured with little pieces of preserved tomatoes, Parmesan and chive flowers (hence the name, as the flowers only appear for a brief period in spring).
Shaped into long loaves or thin sticks, slices of this bread make a delicious aperitif snack.
Shaped into long loaves or thin sticks, slices of this bread make a delicious aperitif snack.
83 K 4.7/5 (6 reviews)
4 hours 2 min.
Easy
7.45 €
5 loaves
5 IngredientsLast modified on: October 24th 2017
For 5 loaves, you will need:
- 1
250 g Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano) - 2
250 g preserved tomatoes - 3
chives - 4
pepper - 5
1 kg bread dough - Total weight: 1,500 grams
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 1 hour 35 min.
Resting: 1 hour 50 min.
Cooking: 40 min.
All in all: 4 hours 2 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - ⌛ 4 min.
Prepare the flavouring mixture
Cut 250 g Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano) into small dice and put in a bowl.
Stage 2 - ⌛ 4 min.
Drain 250 g preserved tomatoes and cut into small pieces. Add to the bowl.
Stage 3
We will only be using the chive flowers.
Stage 4
Pull apart the flower heads directly over the bowl and discard the stalks, which are very tough.
Stage 5 - ⌛ 4 min.
Take off all the flowers like this.
Stage 6 - ⌛ 2 min.
Pour 2 or 3 tablespoonsful of the oil from the preserved tomatoes into the bowl, salt and pepper, then mix everything together.
Note: if you cannot drain any oil off the preserved tomatoes, use herb olive oil or, if you have nothing else, plain olive oil.
Note: if you cannot drain any oil off the preserved tomatoes, use herb olive oil or, if you have nothing else, plain olive oil.
Stage 7 - ⌛ 1 min.
Flavour the dough
Put 1 kg bread dough into a food-processor bowl and tip the flavouring mixture in on top.
Stage 8 - ⌛ 2 min.
Knead for 2 or 3 minutes, just until evenly mixed in.
Stage 9 - ⌛ 1 hour
Make the loaves
Gather the dough into a ball and transfer to a large, clean bowl, covered with a plastic sheet.
Leave to rest for 1 hour.
Stage 10 - ⌛ 8 min.
Stage 11 - ⌛ 20 min.
Shape into balls, cover with a plastic sheet and leave to rest for 20 minutes.
Stage 12 - ⌛ 7 min.
Stage 13 - ⌛ 1 hour 30 min.
Lay the sticks in the moulds or tins.
Cover with a sheet of plastic and leave to rest for 1 hour 30 minutes.
Cover with a sheet of plastic and leave to rest for 1 hour 30 minutes.
Stage 14 - ⌛ 40 min.
Bake the loaves
Preheat the oven to 460°F (240°C).Slash the tops of the loaves and bake for about 40 minutes.
Note: As when baking any bread, you should ensure that the oven is filled with steam for the first 15 minutes of baking. This page shows you how; it really is the secret of golden-brown, crusty loaves..
Stage 15
Leave to cool before turning out.
Remarks
You can add a few finely chopped chives in with the flowers.
For the bread dough, I suggest you use the french baguettes recipe.
You might also like to take a look at this page all about bread.
For the bread dough, I suggest you use the french baguettes recipe.
You might also like to take a look at this page all about bread.
Keeping: Several days, wrapped in a cloth.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 1,530 RDI=590 % | 11,540 RDI=1,090 % | 900 RDI=140 % | 4,170 RDI=210 % | 17,460 RDI: 210 % |
| Per 100 g | 100 RDI=40 % | 770 RDI=70 % | 60 RDI=9 % | 280 RDI=10 % | 1,160 RDI: 10 % |
| Per loave | 310 RDI=120 % | 2,310 RDI=220 % | 180 RDI=30 % | 830 RDI=40 % | 3,490 RDI: 40 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 5 loaves : 7.45 €
- Per loave : 1.50 €
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Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
Bread dough
You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Baker's pizza, Baker's chicken and potato tart, Special Parmesan baguettes, Surprise bread, Baker's tuna and mushroom tart, ... See them all 6
Preserved tomatoes
You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cauliflower tabbouleh, Cretan Bread, Pan-fried chicken breast on mozzarella, Tomato foccacia, Chorizo cake with olives and tomato confit, ... See them all 9
Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano)
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Chives
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