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.
32,0514.6/5 for 5 ratings
Grade this recipe: Last modified on: October 24th 2017
For 5 loaves, you will need:
- 0
1 cup Parmigiano reggiano (Parmesan) - 1
1 cup Preserved tomatoes - 2
chives - 3
pepper - 4
4 cups + 3 tablespoons bread dough
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 hour 32 min. | 1 hour 50 min. | 40 min. | 4 hours 2 min. |
At what time?
- When will I finish if I start the recipe at a certain time?
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at a certain time?
Keeping:
Several days, wrapped in a cloth.Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 4 min.
Prepare the flavouring mixture
Cut 1 cup Parmigiano reggiano (Parmesan) into small dice and put in a bowl.
Stage 2 - 4 min.
Drain 1 cup 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 4 cups + 3 tablespoons 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.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,248 Kcal or 5,225 Kj | 183 gr | 663 gr | 168 gr |
| 62 % | 70 % | 63 % | 25 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 83 Kcal or 348 Kj | 12 gr | 44 gr | 11 gr |
| 4 % | 5 % | 4 % | 2 % |
| Per loave | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 250 Kcal or 1,047 Kj | 37 gr | 133 gr | 34 gr |
| 12 % | 14 % | 13 % | 5 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 5 loaves : 7.45 €
- Per loave : 1.49 €
Note : These prices are only approximate.
Source
Home made.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Bread dough: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Baker's tuna and mushroom tart, Surprise bread, Baker's chicken and potato tart, Special Cheese and Walnut Sticks, Special Parmesan baguettes, ... All |
| Parmigiano reggiano (Parmesan): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Spaghetti Carbonara, Spaghetti with mussels and basil, Raw beetroot salad, Pesto, Tomato tatin, ... All |
 | Preserved tomatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pasta with pesto and preserved tomatoes, Canapés of red mullet with poppy seeds, Tomato foccacia, Cretan Bread, Pan-fried chicken breast on mozzarella, ... All |
| Chives: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Celeriac Rémoulade , Warm salad of potatoes and purple artichokes, Tahitian style fish, Warm lentil salad, Raw beetroot mousse with walnuts, ... All |
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