Sourdough bread bowls are a creative way to serve salad, soup, or dip. They are typically made from robust sourdough bread, but can also be made from sweet bread. There are two main approaches to making a sourdough bread bowl: cutting a plug from a round loaf or coating an ovenproof bowl with bread dough. They are often served in restaurants due to their complexity.
A sourdough bread bowl is a baked sourdough serving vessel that is filled with salad, a dip, or a thick soup or stew. The technique used to make a sourdough bread bowl varies according to the type of food filling it. The purpose of the sourdough bread bowl is to provide bread alongside a salad, soup or dip in a clever and creative way. Additionally, food or salad dressing season and season sourdough bread, which can make the bread even more palatable. Bread bowls are typically an American dish and are usually served in restaurants rather than homes, due in part to the complexity of preparing the bowls.
Sourdough bread is bread made from dough soaked in a fermented starter. This typically produces a very robust bread with a distinctive but sour taste. Because sourdough bread is quite sturdy and absorbent, many people use sourdough to make bread bowls. It should be noted that not all bread bowls are made with sourdough; for example, many bread bowls used to hold spinach dip are made from a very sweet Hawaiian-style bread. While bread bowls are considered a fun and delicious way to serve salads, some have noted that these edible bowls can add a significant number of calories and carbohydrates to meals.
There are two main approaches to making a sourdough bread bowl. The first is to bake a round loaf and then cut a round plug from the top of the loaf after it has cooled. A soup, chili or stew is then poured into the newly constructed bread bowl. The bread cap is also typically served with the filled sourdough bread bowl. This bread bowl construction is also used for dips, and guests usually tear off the bread cap and dip chunks of bread into the dip. While the dip is being eaten, guests can also tear off the top of the bread bowl into pieces to consume the rest of the bread and dip.
Another option is to make a sourdough bread bowl by coating an ovenproof bowl with bread dough, which essentially makes the bowls out of sourdough bread. These hard, crunchy bowls aren’t usually thick enough to hold liquids but work well for salads. Instead of having bread, croutons or bread sticks with a salad, diners can break off chunks of the bowl of sourdough bread to eat alongside the salad.
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