spinach and feta bread

[LT72884]

This bread is EXCELLENT with a thin slice of prime rib on top and feta cheese!

Last night, my girlfriend and i baked some spinach and feta bread along with an olive bread. It turned out great. i followed the original artisan bread in 5 exactly using my KA flour and it turned out great. im thinking the elevation of 5300 feet(she lives higher than me) some how helped. here are the ratios for the bread: for the spinch bread, mix the yeast, salt, spinach, cheese and water together in a 5 qrt bowl, then add the flour and mix. do not knead. just mix till the flour is all mixed in. dough will be sticky and wet. you can add extra flour to make it a we bit more dry. Rest 2 hours and then shape and bake. Goona coin that phrase now and sell my own bread packages. haha.

olive bread is the same thing BUT add the olives in when you shape the dough


Feta and spinach:
6.5 cups AP flour (scoop and sweep method)
1.5 packets yeast
1.5 tbls kosher salt (needs more in my opinon, even with the feta)
1 cup steamed spinach drained and packed
2/3 cup crumbled feta
3 cups lukewarm water
Olive oil bread:
1/4 cup EVOO
6.5 cups flour
1.5 packets yeast
1.5 tbls kosher salt
2.75 luke warm cups water
1/4 cup green olives


I mixed the dough up with a bucket and a dang spoon. used my hands to get all the flour in the dough. let rise 2 hours and bada bing bada boom, nice dough. Shaped and cloaked(pulled dough edges toward bottom) TIGHTLY. i made sure that the dough wasnt sticky in my hands so i could pull and stretch. the bottom looked like a mess, but it cooked out. The skin ontop was smooth and tight. The loaves were AWESOME. the only one that overproofed was the baguette BUT i used two mini cupcake tins to hold the edges of the dough up on the stone so it wouldnt spread out. i let it proof like 90 minuets and it almost tripled in size. But the cupcake tins held it just fine. Served the bread with roasted tomato and red pepper soup! it was -9*F out side so we went to the lake and stood by the fire after dinner. And yes, the cats were watching the whole time. they seemed just as interested in bread baking as anyone else. Kinda funny.



here are some photos.

[cmcadams]

Great looking bread. Some kalamata olives would be great in there, too!

[bluetang]

Way nice bread! I gotta learn to bake

[LT72884]

Originally Posted by cmcadams

Great looking bread. Some kalamata olives would be great in there, too!

i was looking for those but sometimes the local store doesnt get them. i think a nice strong olive would be awesome

[LT72884]

Originally Posted by bluetang

Way nice bread! I gotta learn to bake

Gotta get the artisan bread in 5 minuets a day book. thats were i learned and i knew NOTHING of baking before that book.

[bigabyte]

Sounds really good!

[LT72884]

its really good with blackberry jam on it.. surprisingly

[Ron_L]

Nice job on the bread!

Assuming that is your girlfriend in the picture, you may want to keep an eye on the cat. I think he is claiming her for his own!

[LT72884]

Originally Posted by Ron_L

Nice job on the bread!

Assuming that is your girlfriend in the picture, you may want to keep an eye on the cat. I think he is claiming her for his own!

yeah the cats are very territorial, very territorial!. she has 5 of them so its interesting to watch them interact with each other. yeah thats her, it was morning time and she was still trying to wake up. i slept at her parents house for new years cuz i didnt want to drive the hour or so trip home to my house on icy roads.

the bread was awesome. tasted really good. now im out so i gots to make more