Mixed herb bread with celery and chia seeds
425g strong, unbleached white flour
75g einkorn flour
300g bottled water
100g sourdough starter
20g olive oil
35g mixed chopped herbs (chives, oregano, parsley, rosemary, sage and thyme)
10g celery seeds
10g chia seeds
3g baker’s yeast
10g kosher salt
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Steep the chopped herbs in 20g olive oil and leave overnight at room temperature covered with cling film. Next morning put the flour in a mixing bowl with the water, sourdough starter, celery and chia seeds, herbs, salt and baker’s yeast. Mix together well and knead the dough for 6 to 8 minutes. Leave to rise covered with a tea towel for 90 minutes to 2 hours. Take the dough out of the bowl. Shape into a disc and fold over 4 edges to the centre, turn over and mould into a ball. Leave the dough to rise on a greased flat baking tray or place in a well floured banneton for 1.5 to 2 hours or until it has doubled in bulk (Cover with a tea towel). Pre-heat the oven @ 220°C with a shallow tray of water at the bottom of the oven to create steam. Brush with rye flour and slash, as desired, with a lame or razor blade. Bake for 26 minutes. Allow to cool on a wire tray, covered with a tea towel.
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Chives is the common name of Allium schoenoprasum, an edible species of the Allium genus. Its close relatives include the garlic, shallot, leek, scallion, and Chinese onion.
Oregano is native to temperate western and southwestern Eurasia and the Mediterranean region. Oregano is a perennial herb, growing from 20–80 cm (7.9–31.5 in) tall, with opposite leaves 1–4 cm (0.39–1.57 in) long.
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Parsley or garden parsley is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to the central Mediterranean region, naturalized elsewhere in Europe, and widely cultivated as a herb, a spice, and a vegetable.
Rosmarinus officinalis, commonly known as rosemary, is a woody, perennial herb with fragrant, evergreen, needle-like leaves and white, pink, purple, or blue flowers, native to the Mediterranean region.
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Thyme is an evergreen herb with culinary, medicinal, and ornamental uses. The most common variety is Thymus vulgaris. Thyme is of the genus Thymus of the mint family, and a relative of the oregano genus Origanum.
Sage - Salvia officinalis is a perennial, evergreen subshrub, with woody stems, grayish leaves, and blue to purplish flowers.
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