Butterfly Pea Bread Recipe
Ingredents
To create the marbled effect, create a white bread and a blue bread dough separately.
White Bread
1 3/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon instant yeast
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup warm water
Blue Bread
1 3/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon instant yeast
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons dried butterfly pea
3/4 cup water
- Brew butterfly pea into 3/4 cups water. Add more flowers for a darker blue.
- Combine all ingredents for the white bread. Mix to create a shaggy dough.
- Once the butterfly tea is ready, strain the blue water. Combine all ingrents for the blue bread. Mix to create a shaggy dough.
- Place both doughs in a bowl. Mix them together in a swirling motion.
- Cover dough and rise for 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F
- Form the dough into a large ball shape. Transfer to a dutch oven or baking tray.
- Score the dough.
- Place a baking tray on the bottom shelf of the oven. Fill it with boiling water to create steam.
- Bake on the shelf above for 40 minutes.
- Let cool.