Olive Bread | Sourdough

Our Sourdough Olive Bread is truly a special Mediterranean loaf. It has plenty of kalamata olives which distribute taste throughout the loaf. A loaf with a thick, golden crust. Well-suited with many Mediterranean foods or simply dip it in olive oil and you'll be the happiest person on earth!

Ingredients: wheat flour, kalamata olives, levain (flour, water), water, and salt.

We recommend keeping your bread on your counter rather than in the fridge or a plastic bag. We place our loaves cut side down, so that the crumb isn't exposed to air, while the crust slowly stales.* In a sealed plastic bag, the crust will soften, as the moisture from the bread has nowhere to go, eventually leading to a moldy loaf.

If you don't expect to finish your loaf before it stales, freeze it in a plastic bag. Slice it first, to make toasting ever more convenient.

Revive your stale loaf in the oven at 175°F for 15-20 minutes.

*Technical note: Staling has nothing to due with water loss, as bread actually only loses about 1% of water content as it ages. Rather, the gelatinized starch molecules form into crystalline regions, causing a tightening effect on the bread. By reheating it, you can temporarily disrupt the less stable regions of the chains comprising the starch molecules.

Approx. 24 oz