Receta Golden Semolina Zucchini-Tomato Bread
Filed in Mediterranean Food on August 22, 2014 with no comments
This bread deliciously combines several Mediterranean flavors, and helps get rid of zucchini overload!
It’s that time of year again – zucchini season. I have been following the Mediterranean example and using zucchini in everything; zucchini pie, stuffed zucchini, zucchini pickles, even zucchini brownies. But still, the zucchini keeps coming. I have an especially prolific patch of yellow zucchini this year. Yesterday, out of desperation, or perhaps fear of the zucchini rising up like zombies, I experimented and devised this moist, savory bread.
Zucchini bread is usually a sweet bread, but I was looking for something to use with sandwiches. Since it finally cooled off enough to turn the oven on for long baking, yeast bread was the answer. The experiment must have worked, because most of the loaf disappeared last night. Looks like I need to make another today.
Semolina flour boosts the protein level here and gives the bread a beautiful golden hue. But if you can’t find semolina where you live, you could try white whole wheat or unbleached all-purpose flour.
If you are using very dry tomatoes, be sure to soak them a bit before adding to the dough. I used dried cherry tomatoes from my garden, and might even add more next time.
Originally I planned to shape this bread as a round, but it is just too moist. It needs the structure of a pan to keep it together. Using a smaller loaf pan will give you a very high loaf, like that in the photo. A larger loaf pan will yield a flatter loaf.
UPDATE: Check out my other zucchini bread experiments too: Zucchini Ricotta Chive Bread and Zucchini Olive Bread.
Golden Semolina Zucchini Tomato Bread Author: Renee Pottle Prep time: 2 hours 30 mins Cook time: 75 mins Total time: 3 hours 45 mins
¾ cup lukewarm water 2 Tbsp honey 2 tsp active dry yeast 3 - 3½ cups bread flour, separated 1 cup semolina flour 2 cups grated zucchini 2 Tbsp olive oil 2 tsp salt 1 cup shredded Parmesan cheese ½ cup snipped, dried tomatoes
In a large bowl, or the stand mixer bowl, combine the water, yeast, and honey. Stir and let stand 15 minutes or until the yeast is foamy. Add 1 cup of bread flour. Beat to combine. Cover and let sit for 2 hours. Add the remaining ingredients and knead for about 4 minutes, adding more flour if necessary to keep dough held together. NOTE: This dough is very soft due to the zucchini moisture. You want the dough to hold together, but not to be too dry. Transfer to an oiled bowl. Cover and let rise for one hour or until doubled in size. Scrape dough out onto a floured board. Let rest for 10 minutes. Form dough into a loaf and place in a greased 8½ x 4½ inch pan or 9 x 5 inch pan. Cover and let rise ½ - 1 hour. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Score the top of the loaf. Bake for 50 - 75 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 190 degrees. Remove from oven. Let cool for 5 minutes. Remove from pan and completely cool before slicing. 3.2.2802
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Renee Pottle, an author and heart-healthy educator, loves to explore and write about the Mediterranean Diet. She blogs at SeedToPantry.com and HestiasKitchen.com.