Barbecued Sourdough Bread for beginners

More fun on the Barbecue with Grilled Sourdough French Bread from scratch! When you talk about barbecuing; steak, chicken and sausage come to mind. Some of your braver souls will throw a potato or some corn on also. Your TV superstars will dazzle you with all sorts of barbecue magic and they have a crew and budget to support it. I am an normal guy with a small kitchen, small budget and no crew but I can bake bread on my grill!! You could even eat it! How many can say that? Well I'll show you how I did it and how simple it was.

Sourdough Bread Recipe

Ingredients

2 cups proofed sourdough starter

1 tbs butter (melted)

1/2 cup warm milk (85 degrees)

1 tsp salt

1 tbs sugar

3 cups bread flour

Preparation

Proof sourdough starter overnight, at least 8 – 12 hours.

Add starter, melted butter, warm milk, salt, sugar. Mix until blended well. Add flour, 1 cup at a time and mix until it forms a ball.

Turn onto board and kneed until you get a smooth and silky texture. Form into desired shape and place to let rise, covered at 85 degrees.

Let dough rise to almost double, it should be ready to bake. You don't have to re-knead it, it's ready to go. Run a sharp knife across the top of the dough ball just before barbecuing and don't forget to use indirect heat only! (even though the burnt crust tastes great!)

Baking

Preheat BBQ to about 375 degrees, place dough on baking grid or sheet. Using in-direct heat place dough into center of BBQ. Bake for about 40 minutes. Try not to peak, just use your nose, it's the same with Dutch oven cooking. When done (The bottom should go thump when you tap it) set out to cool as long as you can stand to wait!

As you can see baking is easy and taste even better when baked in the barbecue!