Wai Chan
We sliced and toasted this Sourdough Tomato Amish Friendship Bread, then slathered it with butter. This recipe was delicious! A perfect bread for sandwiches.
Wai Chan
It works best to use a stand mixer and dough hook to mix the dough up to the kneading. For a soft crust, cool bread under a clean dish towel. For a harder, European type crust, let cool without a dish towel.
Sourdough Tomato Amish Friendship Bread
We sliced and toasted this Sourdough Tomato Amish Friendship Bread, then slathered it with butter. A perfect recipe for sandwiches!
Ingredients
- 2 cups Amish Friendship Bread Starter
- 1½ cups warm tomato or V8 juice
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 7 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons Italian seasonings optional
- Grated cheese optional
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix together the starter, tomato juice and sugar. Add optional ingredients.
- Add in 1 cup of flour at a time and stir well to develop the gluten.
- When the dough is stiff, turn out onto a floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic. Add the last 1 cup of flour as you go.
- Add to a greased bowl and lightly grease the top.
- Cover with a towel and place in a draft free area over night or for 12 hours.
- Punch down dough and divide into two.
- Form into rounds and place each on a baking sheet that has been sprinkled generously with cornmeal.
- Let rise for 1-2 hours, covered with a towel.
- Preheat oven to 350° F (177° C).
- Rub tops of loaves lightly with flour and slash with a sharp knife.
- Bake for 45-60 minutes or until the bottom is lightly browned.
- ENJOY!
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Ok so it didn’t rise, but that’s probably because I added salt to the dough and used a frozen/defrosted starter. Lesson learned! As far as taste goes, it’s not bad but a little too sweet. I might try this with a regular sourdough starter, but the friendship bread starter is definitely way too sweet for this hearty bread. I even added cheese and cherry tomatoes
If it rises in the oven, I’ll be shocked. This didn’t rise at all! Weird. Hope it tastes good but it’s gonna be super dense!
Has anyone tried it with tomato soup. I love tomato soup and hate tomato juice. As a result I only stock tomato soup.
This is a delicious bread, and it was the first bread I have ever made. Directions are excellent also. Give this one a try!
Also, I diluted tomato sauce with water to substitute for tomato juice, worked well
Yum!! Definitely will try this one!
This can be flavored and seasoned an endless number of ways. So many things go well with tomato that there are really no wrong spice blends to use.
This is the recipe my son and I plan to try next! We both love sourdough, and love experimenting with the savory friendship bread doughs! I’ve looked over the comments, and will see if we need to adjust accordingly, Thanks! Merry Christmas everyone!!
Ann and Eric Thompson
used the bloody mary mix Zing Zang in place of tomato juice and dusted with a little salt flour and celery seed. turned out devine! I also used about half a cup less of flour and oiled with olive oil. looking forward to playing with this recipe again in ten days 🙂
Has anyone tried it without the tomato juice?
This was great. I only needed about 1/2 cup less flour. It makes a heavy but not ‘gummy’ loaf and I made a few small rolls too. Slight taste of the tomato juice but not enough that I can’t slather a slice with butter and jam too 😉 Thanks!
Richard, you only need to consider bread flour if you live in the US. If you are in Canada or the UK, the protein in regular all purpose is high enough for bread.
What kind of flour has everyone tried in this recipe and which works best…….. self rising or Bread flour
We’ve tried it with all-purpose and it’s worked fine, though I would recommend bread flour if you have it, Richard!
On day 10 when you feed the starter and separate the starter into the 4 bags, when is day 1. Is day 1 the same day as day 10 or is the next day considered day 1
I’ll try this one and the other sour dough recipe. This friendship bread is great for sweet breads but I am interested in these ones. Cant just live on sweet bread! haha
This version of friendship bread sounds so unique and delicious!