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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.
80 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
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