I tried to put together another variety of sourdough discard cracker this morning, furikake. Those of you familiar with Japanese food will know that Furikake (振り掛け / ふりかけ) is a dry Japanese seasoning meant to be sprinkled on top of cooked rice, vegetables, and fish. It typically consists of a mixture of dried fish, sesame seeds, chopped seaweed, sugar, salt, and monosodium glutamate. … Furikake is often brightly colored and flaky.
I’ve been craving these flavours recently so wanted to use up some discard and try to get a cracker with these flavours.
Ingredients:
- 200 grams (about 1 cup) mature sourdough starter (100% hydration)
- 1/2 cup (60g) all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup (60g) whole wheat flour
- 2 tablespoons (12g) rye flour*
- 3 tablespoons (32g) sesame seed oil
- 3 tablespoons of Furikake
- 2-3 sheets of nori broken up into smaller flakes
- 1.5 tsp mirin
- 1.5 tsp soy sauce
- ⅛ teaspoon fine sea salt
- pink Himalayan salt, for topping
Directions:
- In a bowl, combine sourdough starter with flours, sesame seed oil, furikake, soy sauce, mirin, nori and salt. Mix to combine, kneading until the dough comes together in a smooth ball.
- Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes or up to 24 hours.
- Position oven racks in the upper 1/3 and lower 1/3 of oven; preheat to 350 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment or silicone baking mats.
- Cut dough in half; put one half back in the fridge while you roll out the other. Cut dough again into 4 smaller pieces.
- Roll out each piece into an oblong rectangle. You can do this with a rolling pin on a lightly floured surface, or using a pasta roller for super thin crackers. I like to roll my dough out to the #6 thickness setting (out of 8). If you are rolling by hand, just roll it as thin as you possibly can.
- Lay out two oblongs of dough side by side (not overlapping) on each baking sheet.
- Spritz or brush lightly with water; sprinkle with flake salt.
- Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly golden brown and crispy, rotating the pans top to bottom and back to front part way through baking.
- Let cool, then transfer crackers to a cooling rack. Repeat with remaining dough.
- Crackers will keep in an airtight container at room temperature for up to one week.
My first bake with this recipe didn’t have enough of the Furikake flavour, so I’ve adjusted the recipe above to reflect what I would do next time to get more sesame and Furikake flavour.
Thanks for sharing the recipe – I’ll be picking of more soon. 