Sourdough buns are a healthier alternative to regular bun dough. Here you can find out how you can easily do them overnight.
You can prepare the dough for these delicious sourdough buns in the evening, so all you have to do the next day is shape and bake them.
For the rolls you need starter goods. This is, for example, sourdough from the last baked bread that you can store in mason jars. However, this should only be stored for a week so that it does not go bad. You can find out whether you can still use the sourdough as a starter by smelling it – because if it is bad, the dough actually smells sour. The smell of alcohol, on the other hand, is normal. It is also possible to get a small portion of sourdough from some bakeries.
You can find out here how to make the starter yourself from flour and lukewarm water: Prepare sourdough – healthy bread from your own production. You should prepare it three to five days in advance so that it can ferment long enough.
Sourdough Buns: Easy recipe
Ingredients:
175 gwholemeal flour
125 gwheat flour
75 gspelt (wholemeal) flour
300 g water
40 g starter (e.g. from rye or spelled flour)
Salt
Directions:
Thoroughly stir together all the flour, water, and starter. Then let the dough stand untouched for 50 minutes.
Knead the salt into the fluffy dough, then let it rest for 30 minutes and then fold it. You fold the dough by stretching it a little in the bowl and then folding it over to the other side. To do this, take a bowl of water and wet your fingers before each crease.
Wait another 30 minutes, then fold the leaven again. Then cover it and let it rise at room temperature overnight. Tip: If you prefer less sour rolls, you can put the dough in the fridge overnight. At low temperatures, the dough ferments more slowly.
To bake the sourdough rolls, preheat the oven to 250 degrees top/bottom heat and divide the dough into six portions. Preheating is important here, because this way the rolls can be crisp on the outside and remain fluffy on the inside.
Dust the baking tray with a little flour and press the sourdough buns into shape. You can also cut them in a cross shape to create a pattern. Then bake them on the middle shelf for about 15 minutes until golden brown.
Sourdough: alternatives and tips
You only need a few ingredients for the sourdough buns. Buy these anyway in organic quality – so you know that no chemical-synthetic pesticides are used. We recommend that you prefer the Bioland, Naturland or Demeter seals, as they follow stricter criteria than the EU organic seal.
If you want a sweet breakfast, you can serve homemade jam, jam or jelly, honey or a Nutella alternative with the sourdough rolls. If you prefer it savory, prepare a beetroot spread or a tomato spread, for example.
There are also other recipes with sourdough on Utopia, such as the Siegfried and Hermann dough, the latter being a sweet variant.
