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Pan Rustico Sourdough

May 28, 2020

I mentioned doing this Pan Rustico recipe as a step going towards sourdough. I sometimes just want to make Pan Rustico instead of sourdough because it’s faster – bakes on the same day, instead of the next – and it smells and tastes so darn good.

But I decided to use my sourdough starter to make it healthier and just because I already had the starter, why use more yeast if I already have starters – #carrieBREADshaw & #emilioYEASTevezwere ready to go – why make more?

My gread guru Det of Not So Jewish Bakery, said this means I’ve successfully converted a yeasted recipe into sourdough. I was so amazed! This is awesome. So though I didn’t do this perfectly and my folding and shaping needs work, I want to share it with you guys and also so I can repeat the process. I’ve included more of the tips that I learned from Det too.

This is how I made it using a recipe was adapted from The BBC:

  • Sourdough starter 275mg (if you don’t have this use a yeasted starter & follow this recipe instead)
  • 200ml warm filtered water
  • 1 tsp caster sugar (we grind normal sugar with mortar & pestle if we don’t have any)
  • 1 tsp fast-action dried yeast
  • 325g/8oz white bread flour or all-purpose flour if that’s what you have, plus extra for dusting (Optional: Use 50g Criscito Caputo + 275g flour if you can get Criscito Caputo from Powerplant Mall in Rockwell. It’s like a MAGIC ingredient that enhances the flavor, fragrance, digestibility and long life of your bread)
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for greasing
  • Optional: 2-3 handfuls of nuts or seeds. I like putting a mix of pakwan (watermelon) and sunflower seeds. It totally levels it up!

Please prepare

  • Solid work surface (wood or stone)
  • Clean food-safe spray with drinking water
  • Clean tea towel
  1. Feed your starter earlier in the day or the night before to have enough when it’s time to bake.
  1. Stir in the sugar with the water. Lightly stir in yeast & leave in a warm place for about 10 minutes or until beige foam floats on the surface.
  2. In a large bowl, stir flour and salt to mix well.
  3. Then make a well in the centre and add the starter, yeast and water mixture and the oil.
  4. Mix with a wooden/plastic spoon and then, if needed, with your hands until mixture comes together, forming a slightly lumpy and sticky dough.
  1. OPTIONAL: If the dough feels a little dry, add another tablespoon or two of water.
  2. Spray the clean work surface with water, be generous and cover a large area because you will be kneading the dough and stretching it forward.
  3. Spray your hands and scraper (use a bowl scraper or bench scraper)
  4. Transfer the dough to the surface. I usually just invert the bowl and let it plop down.

10. Knead for a good 13 minutes until it’s smooth and elastic. You should feel the dough change in texture as you work, so don’t be afraid to be fairly robust with your stretching and folding. This video has really helped me:

OPTIONAL if you want to add seeds: After needing, spread the dough flat on the surface and scatter the seeds/nuts. Then give it a few more kneads. If you forget it during kneading, you can also put the seeds after the rest right before you fold.

  1. Put the dough in an oiled mixing bowl, cover it with a clean tea towel and leave it to rise for around an hour or until it has doubled in size.
  1. After the timer goes off, give the top a good dust of flour. Then gently rub it on the delicate top surface.
  2. Oil the baking tray.
  3. Clean and dry the work surface, then generously dust with flour.
  4. Loosen the dough with a spatula and plop it flour side down onto the surface. Do this quickly or you wont get the flour side down.
  1. Use the tip of your fingers all over to stretch it a little, then use a scraper to cut it in half.
  1. Fold each one to create tension using this YouTube video below as a guide. Bake With Jack’s YouTube Video shows you how to do steps 16 to 18, minus putting it into a tin.
  1. Cover with a tea towel and let it rest for 10mins.
  2. Then shape each one into a loaf.
  1. Dust the roll with flour all over – top, bottom and all the sides – like the video said and place it seam side down on the oiled tray.
  2. Using a sharp knife, score a few times on top.
My roll folding still needs a lot of work, but bread beautifully hides our errors
  1. Cover with the tea towel & leave to prove in a warm place for 45–60 minutes or until it has risen again and feels light and puffy. I used 45 mins because my kitchen is very warm.
  1. Remember to reheat the oven to 240C/450F 3mins before your timer sounds.
  2. After putting in the loaves, spray with water or place water in a tray underneath to steam it a bit.
  3. Bake the loaf for around 20 minutes or until golden-brown and crusty. The base should sound hollow when tapped. Cool on a wire rack.

This bread smells the best among all the breads I’ve bakes and smells almost of yummy burnt cheese. It smells even better with the Criscito Caputo! And it tastes sooo much better with the seeds

The inside is oh-so-soft so be very careful cutting into it. Use a sharp high quality bread knife to avoid butchering your hard work.

The original recipe calls for just one loaf but it’s so huge that I prefer to split it. This way we can share it with others. My extra loaf is going to my Spanish MIL who is diabetic and loves sourdough bread. I hope she loves this Spanish-style rustic bread that I made because there is very little sugar in it.

Once it’s not too warm, you can cut using a high quality bread knife. It’s so good with just butter and salt. Or herbed garlic butter and salt.

TIPS:

  • Split into 2 for easy storage or easy sharing.
  • If you are eating immediately store at room temp.
  • If you are eating within the week, refrigerate.
  • If you want to keep some long term, freeze.
  • Pre-slice before freezing so that you don’t need to defrost the whole bread when you want to make a sandwich.
  • Toast before eating so the crust is crunch again.

If you have never baked bread, I suggest you work up to it and start with the Olive Oil Bread Recipe that I mentioned here.

READ: DIFFERENT BREAD RECIPES THAT I’VE MADE

Sourdough is good for your gut health and is said to be okay in small quantities for gluten-intolerant because the gluten is digested by the long process. If you want the benefits without the long process, support small businesses ! Below are my favorite sourdough bakers that you can order from:

NOT SO JEWISH BAKERY [moved to Australia]

ALSA LASA (Salcedo Village)

ARTEMIS FUEL BY CHEF DAHLIA CONDO (QC)

THE DAILY KNEAD (SOUTH OF MANILA)

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