Sourdough Challah
Sourdough Challah

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I've been baking challah with active yeast for years but this is my first batch of sourdough challah. The sourdough adds a subtle tang to my challah, and the crumb has a moister, creamier texture that keeps even longer than the yeasted version. While it's true that challah or, for that matter, all bread was at one time sourdough (the Hebrew word for leaven, chametz, means "sour"), challahs have definitely gotten sweeter and richer since.

Sourdough Challah is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Sourdough Challah is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook sourdough challah using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Sourdough Challah:
  1. Make ready For the starter:
  2. Get 2 tablespoons (35 grams/1.2 ounces) very active, fully fermented firm sourdough starter, refreshed 8 to 12 hours earlier
  3. Make ready 1/3 cup (80 grams/2.8 ounces) warm water
  4. Prepare About 1 cup (135 grams/4.8 ounces) bread flour
  5. Make ready For final dough:
  6. Prepare 1/4 cup (60 grams/2 ounces) warm water
  7. Prepare 3 large eggs, plus 1 for glazing
  8. Make ready 1 1/2 teaspoons (8 grams/0.3 ounce) table salt
  9. Prepare 1/4 cup (55 grams/1.9 ounces) vegetable oil
  10. Take 3 tablespoons (65 grams/2.3 ounces) mild honey or a scant 1/3 cup (60 grams/2.1 ounces) granulated sugar
  11. Take About 3 cups (400 grams/14 ounces) bread flour
  12. Take Fully fermented sourdough starter

To make your sourdough challah, first prepare the starter, in a medium jar or container, combine ½ cup water with ½ cup whole-wheat flour and mix well. Finding a solid sourdough challah recipe has been on my bread baking list for awhile. While I have a sourdough enriched sandwich bread recipe that I love, the appeal of challah to me is that it's dairy free and the dough is easy to shape into beautiful braids — perfect for holiday celebrations! Leftover challah also makes excellent French toast, bread pudding, bostock…basically, I'm.

Instructions to make Sourdough Challah:
  1. In the Morning: mixing the sourdough starter: Knead starter into water until it is partially dissolved, then stir in the flour. Knead until it is smooth. Let the starter ferment until it has tripled in volume and is just starting to deflate. (It took me 3hr in room temperature at 30oC - 4 times its volume). If it is winter, you should do it in the evening and it takes more time to rise.
  2. In a large bowl, add the oil first, then use the same cup for measuring the honey — the oil will coat the cup and let the honey just slip right outor sugar until the salt has dissolved and the mixture is fairly well combined. With your hands or a wooden spoon, mix in the bread flour all at once. When the mixture is a shaggy ball, scrape it out onto your work surface, add the starter, and knead until the dough is smooth, no more than 10 minutes. The dough should feel smooth and very firm..
  3. If it is winter, soak your mixing bowl in hot water now to clean and warm it for fermenting the dough. Place the dough in it and cover with plastic wrap. Let the dough ferment for about 2 hours. It took me 2.5h in 28oC.
  4. Line a big large baking tray. I made one big loaf. You can make 2 as desired. Divide the dough into 6 rolls. (170g for each).
  5. Braid or shape them as desired, position them on the prepared sheet(s), and cover them well with plastic wrap. Let proof until tripled in size, about 5 hours. (It took me 2.5 hr in 28oC). When the loaf has not push back Testing the dough by gently pressed with your finger, it will have not push back but remain indented. Brush it with the egg glaze mixed with a table spoon of fresh milk. Sprinkle nuts for your choice (I use Chia seeds).
  6. Preheat the oven to 180oC. Bake 40-45 minutes until golden brown. After the first 20 minutes of baking, switch the loaf from front to back so that they brown evenly; if the large loaf is browning too quickly, tent it with foil.
  7. Remove it from the oven, and let cool on a rack.

Challah is a special Jewish bread that is traditionally eaten on Shabbat and Yamim Tovim (Jewish Holidays). Challah is one of my favorite traditional breads. A braided loaf of eggy white bread, sometimes topped with sesame or poppy seeds, as a result, it makes an appearance at most special meals. Sourdough challah seemed liked a good choice, but I wasn't sure where to start, so it sort of drifted to the back of my mind. Then, I discovered Jewlish by Jamie on Instagram and I thought…this is a sign.

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