Failed Yogurt Bread
I am a food enthusiast without real culinary skills. So, confession: I wasn't planning to make any bread but was trying to set yogurt at home.
Per Murphy's law anything that can possibly go wrong, does and it did- unreliable starter, non-thermophilic culture whatever. So I decided to turn that curdled yogurt into ricotta cheese and use the whey/buttermilk to make bread. Also, since there is no yeast available in the market to make real bread because of Covid-19 if one really wanted to.
My recipe is very basic but there are many variations to chose from. The best thing is you don’t have to super precise with buttermilk or flour quantity- yet you would get a good sponge in this relatively dense bread.
UnRecipe:
2 cups of all purpose flour (or a mix of whole wheat+ all purpose)
50 gm cold butter- shred it and mix cold
1 cup buttermilk from my failed yogurt (or use milk and curdle it with lemon/vinegar)
1 T spoon Baking soda
1 T spoon Salt
2 T spoon Sugar
Handful of Raisin/currants
Handful of Chopped dates
Orange zest (grate the whole orange peel) + lemon peel if you want more zing
Do not knead for long- just make a ball and cut in center.
Bake for 350 F for 30 min.
Unwind with black coffee or English Tea
I would make a savory variation someday with either any vegetable at hand: shredded carrots/zucchini/gherkin, cheese and onion or scallion etc. instead of fruity version. For this bread, one could even tutti fruity, cranberry, apricot, walnut, pecan whatever. For savory version, one could use caraway seeds, nigella seeds to enhance the taste and to make it look attractive.
Trivia:
The English call it "Spotted Dick/Dog"!
The Irish call it Irish soda bread/Country bread and think the deep cuts (cross) that should me made to ward off the devil or to let the fairies out!
#FailinginFood #KitchenImprove
Per Murphy's law anything that can possibly go wrong, does and it did- unreliable starter, non-thermophilic culture whatever. So I decided to turn that curdled yogurt into ricotta cheese and use the whey/buttermilk to make bread. Also, since there is no yeast available in the market to make real bread because of Covid-19 if one really wanted to.
My recipe is very basic but there are many variations to chose from. The best thing is you don’t have to super precise with buttermilk or flour quantity- yet you would get a good sponge in this relatively dense bread.
UnRecipe:
2 cups of all purpose flour (or a mix of whole wheat+ all purpose)
50 gm cold butter- shred it and mix cold
1 cup buttermilk from my failed yogurt (or use milk and curdle it with lemon/vinegar)
1 T spoon Baking soda
1 T spoon Salt
2 T spoon Sugar
Handful of Raisin/currants
Handful of Chopped dates
Orange zest (grate the whole orange peel) + lemon peel if you want more zing
Do not knead for long- just make a ball and cut in center.
Bake for 350 F for 30 min.
Unwind with black coffee or English Tea
I would make a savory variation someday with either any vegetable at hand: shredded carrots/zucchini/gherkin, cheese and onion or scallion etc. instead of fruity version. For this bread, one could even tutti fruity, cranberry, apricot, walnut, pecan whatever. For savory version, one could use caraway seeds, nigella seeds to enhance the taste and to make it look attractive.
Trivia:
The English call it "Spotted Dick/Dog"!
The Irish call it Irish soda bread/Country bread and think the deep cuts (cross) that should me made to ward off the devil or to let the fairies out!
#FailinginFood #KitchenImprove
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