Bread Bowl

November 20, 2013 - 3:28pm

Trotski7

Bread Bowl

Hey all,

I was wondering, is there a particular recipe I should use to make a bread bowl for soup?
I want to surprise my lady with a cream of chicken/potato/veggie soup in a bread bowl next time she comes over for dinner; although I can make bread pretty well I don't know how I'd make a bread bowl. I forsee it being a different recipe as my standard bread and that I would also have to make the crust harder on all sides of the bread so the soup doesn't leak out.

Would it be best to use a sourdough bread recipe? I've never made sourdough, but gosh.. I love me some sourdough and it would probably make a great bread bowl.

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Nov 20 2013 - 5:45pm

There's no single recipe that

There's no single recipe that would work, but it's probably best to use a lean dough like a baguette dough that's not too wet. Shape it as a tight boule, and degas the dough aggressively as you're shaping so you don't get too many large holes. Jeffrey Hamelman's recipe works well. There are a number of good shaping tutorials on this site if you type in "shaping a boule" in the search box.

If you don't already have a sourdough starter, it'll take you at least a week to establish a new starter. If you're pressed for time, just make some non-sourdough this time around. It'll still be yummy with your soup, and I'm sure your lady friend will not have a single complaint about your thoughtful gesture. Regardless, you should definitely get a starter going. It might take some trial and error to get a handle on sourdough baking, but it's worth it. Good luck!