Description
Indulgent double chocolate sourdough bread marries tangy fermentation with rich cocoa depths, creating a luxurious baking experience. Chocolate lovers will savor each slice of this complex, artisan-style loaf that brings intense flavor and tender crumb to your table.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 475 grams (16.75 ounces) bread flour
- 350 milliliters (11.8 fluid ounces) warm water
- 100 grams (3.5 ounces) active sourdough starter
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Flavor Enhancers:
- 50 grams (1.75 ounces) cocoa powder
- 50 grams (1.75 ounces) brown sugar
Seasoning:
- 10 grams (0.35 ounces) salt
Instructions
- Activate the sourdough starter, allowing it to become vibrant and bubbly for 4-6 hours.
- Whisk warm water, active starter, and brown sugar in a large mixing bowl until thoroughly combined.
- Incorporate bread flour, cocoa powder, and salt into the wet mixture, creating a rough, shaggy dough.
- Allow the dough to rest, covered, for 30 minutes to enable flour hydration.
- Execute a series of stretch and fold techniques: gently lift and fold dough edges towards the center, rotating the bowl between each fold.
- Repeat the stretch and fold process two additional times, with 30-minute resting periods.
- During the final fold, delicately integrate chocolate chips throughout the dough.
- Let the dough develop at room temperature for 4-6 hours, or until it doubles in volume.
- Gently transfer dough onto a lightly floured surface, shaping it into a compact round by folding edges inward and smoothing the exterior.
- Position the shaped loaf into a proofing basket or cloth-lined bowl, then refrigerate overnight or for minimum 8 hours.
- Preheat oven to 475F (246C) with a Dutch oven inside, approximately 30 minutes before baking.
- Carefully invert the dough onto parchment paper and create a decorative scoring pattern using a sharp blade.
- Slide the dough into the preheated Dutch oven, cover, and bake for 20 minutes.
- Uncover and continue baking for 20-25 minutes until achieving a deep, rich brown crust.
- Transfer bread to a wire rack and allow to cool completely for at least 1 hour before slicing.
Notes
- Ensure starter is super active and bubbly before starting to guarantee a perfect rise and tangy sourdough flavor.
- Use high-quality dark cocoa powder for a rich, intense chocolate taste that complements the sourdough’s natural tanginess.
- Try different chocolate chip varieties like dark, milk, or even white chocolate to customize the bread’s sweetness and complexity.
- Consider adding chopped nuts or dried fruits during the final fold to create additional texture and depth of flavor in the sourdough.
- Prep Time: 5 hours 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 210 kcal
- Sugar: 8 g
- Sodium: 140 mg
- Fat: 4 g
- Saturated Fat: 2.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 40 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg