Whey Olive Bread, Open Sandwich and an Award

Posted the08/08/2009 By Cooking Escapades (Visit website)

I have tried various liquids with bread to make it softer and assure that the bread would rise. Using whey left from paneer works best for me. It also gives a flavour to the bread besides adding to it's nutritional value. I tried this with a basic herb olive dough and shaped it the way I desired

A loaf that could be had toasted with butter or as a bruschetta

As a Foccacia. I baked it in an oval tin and cut the side to get a square shape just like the one at Moshe's in Mumbai. Moshe's used to be our favourite place to pick up speciality breads but now they lost a customer ;-)

Both turned out rather good. We enjoy herbed breads a lot, since they are great n its own with some butter, or as an open sandwich and pair well with pasta or any spicy gravy.

This is my entry for Yeastspotting

Ingredient

3 cups whole wheat flour
3 cups plain flour
2 cups whey
1/2 cup milk
2 tsp yeast
1 tsp sugar
2 tsp salt
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp lemon
A pinch dried ginger (soonth)

20 olives mix of green and black
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp basil
1/4 tsp thyme
1 tsp grated garlic (optional)
2 tbsp chopped green & red jalapeno (optional)

Method

Mix the flour and yeast together. Make a whole in the center and place the rest of the ingredients excluding whey and milk. Add the whey slowly to the center as you knead it. I use a hand machine since I hate kneading by hand. Collect the dough and then add the milk as you knead.
Place it in a lightly oiled bowl, cover with cling film and allow to rise for 1 hour or so until it is more than double in size. I cover it with cling film loosely and place the bowl in a large ziploc bag. It ensures a softer crust.
Punch it down and leave to rest for 5 minutes. Knead for 5 minutes until smooth on a lightly floured surface. Divide into two and shape as desired. Cover with a well oiled cling film
Allow the bread to rise for 30-45 minutes until almost double in size. Brush with extra virgin oil and bake in the oven at 180-200C for 45 minutes.

I scored it with a wooden skewer to get a wavy pattern.

I used the foccacia for an open sandwich. Sliced it from the center and again into two slices to get 4 large slices. With the crust side down, applied some butter, followed by tomato pizza sauce (made with boiled chopped tomatoes, onions, garlic, basil) topped with a mix of marinated vegetables and some grated cheese.

I normally cut the vegetables (onions, desseeded tomatoes coloured peppers, baby corn, zucchini, olives, jalapeno) in long pieces and marinate it in a mix of (honey, lemon, pepper, paprika, salt and dried herbs - oregano, basil and thyme) for at least 2-3 hours. When you are ready to bake, keep the vegetables to drain so that the liquid drains out and the sandwich does not become soggy.

The foccacia topped with vegetables and cheese ready to be baked...

Baked them at 220C for 15 minutes until it just started browning. A healthy and scrumptious sandwich treat....

This is also my entry to Show me your sandwich hosted by Divya Vikram.

Now to the award which was given to me last week, I was rather delighted with but have been rather late in posting about it. Padma, Mythreyi, Shri and Poornima Nair passed me the Kreativ Blogger Award. Thanks to chaklere too for passing this award. The award as given below comes with rules and in this one, I am expected to write 7 things about myself that people might find interesting. I had to give a really hard thought since listing down anything do with your personality or behaviour can be extremely difficult.

The Kreative Blogger Award comes with some rules:-
You must thank the person who has given you the award.
Copy the logo and place it on your blog.
Link the person who has nominated you for the award.
Name 7 things about yourself that people might find interesting.
Nominate 7 other Kreativ bloggers.
Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.
Leave a comment on which of the blogs to let them know they have been nominated.

All the fellow bloggers are pretty good with food and have great blogs.As usual it is difficult to decide whom to pass on the award so here are the list of bloggers whom I would to pass on this award to

1. Aparna
2. Bhawna
3. Curry Leaf
4. Pari
5. Ramya Bala
6. Ramya Kiran
7. Supriya

Now onto the 7 things that others may find interesting

1. I find and appreciate beauty in just about anything natural - a rock, flotsam, shell, the way a tree trunk is shaped. I am grateful to my chacha (father's brother) for introducing me to this wonderful world

2. I am scared of giant wheels or any ride or motion which puts you in a spin.

3. I love silver jewellery and I think I have a good collection which I wear almost everyday and would hate to lose even a single piece in it.

4. I get along with most people and find it easy to make friends.

5. I love sketching in pencil, though it's become rusty now. I plan to keep it going.

6. I am health conscious and always try to eat healthy except and low in fat but when I bake plain cakes or cookies, I just cannot resist. Thankfully I do not care much for pastries, Indian sweets, namkeen and fried stuff so that helps in keeping my weight in check.

7. I would love to visit Morocco and possess a tagine earthern pot. Somehow it fascinates me so does the cooking in it. I think there is something really magical in Moroccan cooking, which I am still learning

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Whey Olive Bread, Open Sandwich and an Award