Croutons

Delicious homemade croutons

Every day I bake sourdough bread. Two of them. I am almost two years in my sourdough journey and as a craftsman I must say making sourdough bread is a real craft and hard to do. Of course sometimes I fail completely!

When the dough is under or over proofed, I end up with bread we really do not want to eat. But it would be shape to throw it away. Even with nice sourdough bread, the kids often do not want to eat the sides of the bread and they are usually left over on the cutting board.

So what to do? I really hate throwing any food away. It grieves my soul to throw food away. For old bread, or bread you don’t want to eat, making croutons is a great solution.

The recipe below is versatile and everyone can do it. It is very easy as it involves just cutting the bread in cubes or pieces any size you want and then mixing them with a generous amount of olive oil and any herbs and spices you would like.

So here are some flavor combinations:

• Oregano, maldon salt, fresh pressed garlic
• Switch oregano for thyme or rosemary
• Cardamon, ginger and garlic powder
• Black pepper and salt
• Sweet chili powder and ginger

You can even go sweet if you want: try cane sugar and cinnamon croutons for example. You can change the olive oil with something more neutral like sunflower oil.

The variations are endless and they will all taste great.

So here is the super simple recipe.

Croutons

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• Author: Richard
• Total Time: 30 minutes
• Yield: a lot

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Delicious home made croutons from your old bread left overs.

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Ingredients

• Old bread
• Olive oil
• Fresh pressed garlic, as much as you like, to your taste
• Salt
• Oregano

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Instructions

1. Cut the old bread into cubes.
2. Set your oven to 190 degrees Celsius (375 Fahrenheit) to pre heat.
3. Sprinkle with olive oil.
4. Add the herbs, salt and so, to your liking.
5. Mix well (i use my hands).
6. (the croutons should not be soggy, but a little moist).
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8. Put them on a baking tray or grid lined with baking paper.
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10. Bake for 15-20 minutes.
11. You see I used a grid, so I don’t have to turn the croutons half way. But if you use a tray, turn them over once halfway through baking.
12. All done.
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14. Enjoy!

• Prep Time: 10
• Cook Time: 20
• Category: Ingredients
• Method: Baking
• Cuisine: Italian