This delicate focaccia styled bread, made with our classic Beer Bread Mix, is a beautiful addition to your side plate on any dinner table. Leftovers, if any, can be toasted the next day and served with butter and honey.
1packageLannie Rae Gourmet Beer Bread Mix (575 grams)
355mlRose Hip / Hibiscus Kombucha (355 ml)Any Kombucha will do - whichever flavour you choose will flavour the bread!
1/4cupDried Rosehip crushed / crumbled
1tbspWild Sagereserve some for garnish
1/2cupMelted ButterCoconut oil would work too
1tbspSpruce tips and needlesreserve some for garnish
Instructions
Place Lannie Rae Gourmet Beer Bread Mix in a large mixing bowl. Stir using a wooden spoon and create a well in the middle.
Pour the kombucha into the well and add rosehip, sage and some spruce needles. Mix all the ingredients together. The dough will be sticky. Do your best to bring the dough together. Do not use a mixer or beaters. You do not want to overmix this and engage too much gluten!
Place dough in a prepared (lightly greased) loaf pan or pie plate (we used a ceramic pie plate) You may also form the dough on a pansheet into any shape you'd like for a focaccia.
Garnish / decorate the top of the loaf with any reserved rose hips, sage and spruce tips. Pour the melted butter over the dough and bake in the oven on the middle rack at 375F for approximately 50 minutes to an hour. We are using convention bake oven setting and 50 minutes was our magic number!
Serve warm with butter. Store in a bag like regular bread. Slices well and toasts well. Enjoy!
Notes
You do not need to be a forager to enjoy this recipe. Regular sage from your grocery aisle is fine. Rosemary in place of spruce tips and needles is a nice alternative and makes for beautiful embellishments! Rosehips are fun, but not necessary especially depending on the flavour of kombucha used. A great resource for natural and foraged ingredients is Om Foods This is a unique tasting bread - it is delicate, yet wild. Our family really enjoyed it!