Sourdough Courgette Bread | Using Sourdough Discard
August 16, 2020
I know banana bread got really popular during lockdown, but I decided to go with a different route when my mum got home with giant courgettes and had no idea what to do with them. I started out with a savoury option, following I Dream of Sesame's recipe for Cake aux Courgettes which was absolutely delicious and had me coming for more and more, but I was still left with three giant courgettes and no plans. In comes my trusty Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin on Baking with Sourdough* by Sara Pitzer, with our Lord and Saviour, the Sourdough Zucchini Bread, which I've made around 4 times so far, plus another one for the lady that gave us the courgettes, general opinion is: delicious!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup oil
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup sourdough starter
- 1/2 cup milk (I use oat milk)
- 1 cup grated courgette
- 2 cups white flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves (optional)
I've always skipped these last two but you of course can add them
- 1/4 cup raisins
- 1/4 cup chopped nuts
Method
Mix the oil, sugar, egg, starter, and milk together in a large bowl. Stir until the sugar is fairly well dissolved. Add the grated courgettes and mix well. Sift the dry ingredients together into the previous mixture. Gently fold the raisins and nuts if you're adding them.
Turn the batter into a greased and floured loaf pan large enough that the mixture does not fill it by more than two-thirds. Bake in a 165ºC preheated oven for about an hour, or until the loaf tests done when you poke it with a toothpick. Cool at least 5 minutes before removing the loaf from the pan, then cool completely on a rack.
The recipe does say that for best flavor and texture you should wrap the loaf after it's completely cooled and do not cut it until the next day, but it's always very hard for me to do so and I usually eat it as soon as it's safe! Beside saving my courgettes this recipe also uses up my sourdough discards I have piling up in my freezer so really it's a win-win situation.
Let me know if you try this recipe and what you think of it, I hope you're as addicted as I am.
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