Turmeric is the Golden Child
This bread is inspired by a former roommate who left me some turmeric and quinoa bread for me to try as she left for a weekend. Weirdly that bread had some sort of sweet topping that didn't quite make sense and it tasted like, bread. Yellow bread, but bread all the same. It seemed to make the addition of turmeric a little pointless.
As I've been in a turmeric-in-things zeal I thought to recreate this bread but try to add a little more oopmh to it.
To the basic country loaf from Tarine I added 1 tablespoon of turmeric to the at the beginning of mixing the dough. This will insure the spice is fully mixed and the final product won't be streaky but a uniform yellow color.
After the initial rest, add 1 cup cooked and well drained quinoa (minus 3 tablespoons for topping the loaves). The well drained bit is important, adding too much moisture makes this dough harder to work with. To help elevate this loaf and make it, dare i say, spice forward I added about 2 teaspoons of fresh ground pepper. I say about 2 teaspoons, but it was really about 10 cranks of my pepper mill. I cranked until it looked fairly substantial and speckled the formed dough ball in the bowl.
Continue with folding, bulk fermentation, dividing and resting the dough. When you're ready to shape take 1 tablespoon of the quinoa and sprinkle it on counter in prep for topping the loaves. After shaping roll the loaves in sprinkled quinoa then place into prepared banton baskets. Repeat with all loaves, rest for 4 hours or overnight in the fridge. Score and bake according to the Tartine recipe.
The final result is a bright golden yellow loaf with an earthy warmth to it. The spice is mild enough to not compete with whatever you eat with it. I topped this bread with Alison Roman's spicy tomato marinated feta and it was *chef's kiss* delicious.
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