When I was pulling some ingredients out for my normal sourdough, I saw a package of blue cornmeal staring me in the face. I decided to change up my standard sourdough with whole wheat and throw some blue cornmeal in there too. Schedule Using the lazy sourdough method is actually quite simple. The real key…
Tag: Blue cornmeal
Bread or pizza dough that uses blue cornmeal as an ingredient
“No Fuss” Blue Corn Pizza Dough
I’ve made this crust countless times (with both yellow and blue cornmeal) and it’s quickly become my go-to pizza dough recipe. There’s no autolyse and no stretching and folding. You can make it first thing in the morning and get it into the fridge before work so it’s ready for you when you get home….
Blue Corn + Pepita Sourdough
I wanted to make a “New Mexico” sourdough but had recently made a loaf with green chile and another with red chile. What else is a typical New Mexican ingredient? Blue corn! Pepitas (or pumpkin seeds) are also used in a lot of Mexican and New Mexican cooking. Let’s combine these together into one delicious…
6 Grain Sourdough
I really enjoy using several different flours and grains in a bread to really give it some depth and complexity. With this bread I used six different grains and flours I had in my pantry to come up with a really tasty sourdough. Schedule: I based this loaf off of my sourdough schedule. Since this…
Blue Corn Sourdough
I love the color, crunch and flavor that adding blue cornmeal gives to bread. The longer fermentation and proofing that comes along with sourdough also helps to soften the blue corn a little more than a quick bakers yeast loaf does. Schedule: I based this loaf off of my sourdough schedule. Since this is a…
Blue Corn Pizza Dough
Adding some cornmeal to your pizza dough adds a nice texture that you don’t get when using plain flour. I always like to keep some blue cornmeal on hand and put some in this pizza dough. This recipe makes enough for 4 pizzas, each about 12″ in diameter. I like my crust thin and crispy…
Blue Corn + Rye Sourdough
When used in smaller amounts, blue cornmeal can lend a great light blue/purple color as well as some texture when eating it. Mixing in a little bit of rye flour helps accentuate those flavors. Schedule: I based this loaf off of my sourdough schedule. Since this is a 100% naturally leavened bread, I created a…
Alegre Bread 