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Savory Sourdough Babka
Ingredients
  • subheading: Dough:
  • 275g flour, see notes for flour options (2 cups)
  • 200g sourdough starter (¾ cup stirred down)
  • 125g milk (½ cup)
  • 75g plain yogurt (¼ cup)
  • 5g salt (1 tsp)
  • splash of milk to brush on loaf before baking
  • subheading: Filling 1:
  • 4 cloves of garlic
  • 42g softened butter (3 Tbsp)
  • 1 cup of chopped cilantro (or basil)
  • 65g shredded pecorino romano or parmesan (1 cup)
  • (For a loaf with more separated layers, add 2 Tbsp of olive oil to this filling.)
  • subheading: Filling 2 (More Cheese and Garlic):
  • 6 cloves of garlic
  • 1 cup chopped cilantro
  • 28g olive oil (2 Tbsp)
  • 170g shredded mozzarella (1 ¾ cup or 6 oz)
  • 50g grated parmesan (½ cup)
  • 1 to 2 Tbsp additional parmesan to sprinkle on top of the loaf before baking
  • subheading: Filling 3 (Gouda and Scallion):
  • 2 large stalks of scallions chopped
  • 120g smoked gouda chopped (4 slices)
  • subheading: Filling 4 (Chocolate and Cinnamon):
  • 71g softened unsalted butter (5 Tbsp)
  • 56g sugar (¼ cup)
  • 20g cocoa powder (1/6 cup)
  • ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
  • 85g bittersweet chocolate chips or chopped (heaping ½ cup or 3 ounces)
  • subheading: Dough Notes:
  • I like for some portion of the flour and/or starter to be whole grain flour. One version I made was with whole grain rye starter, and this dough was a little softer and less elastic to handle.
  • Your starter does not have to be at peak activity. Somewhat dormant starter will simply cause the dough to rise slower. That said, I never tried the recipe with extremely unfed starter.
  • Kefir milk instead of yogurt and milk works well, but requires a little more flour (1 to 2 Tbsp). Likewise, you might add a little more milk (1 to 2 Tbsp) if you are using a thick Greek-style yogurt.
  • I used low fat and/or full fat yogurt and milk, but I believe non-fat would perform fine.
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