makes 1 loaf
Everything I said about my 60-Hour Sourdough Loaf also applies here. Still, you may wonder if the 30-hour loaf is a lesser bread than the 60-hour loaf. Not at all; they are just different. The 60-hour loaf is extremely robust—something you want to eat all by itself or perhaps with a smear of butter. In contrast, the 30-hour loaf is not as in-your-face. Its flavor is subtler, making it a more versatile table bread to serve with other foods, such as cold cuts, pâtés, cheeses, or butter and jam. And because it is milder than the 60-hour loaf, I also use this recipe as the base dough for the two recipes which follow this one, Raisin Walnut Bread and Olive Bread. Even so, when I say this is a bread with a subtler taste profile, I’m just speaking relatively. It is no shrinking violet. It’s a hearty bread.