Hello people! This is my first blog post ever. Decided to start a food blog because it’s summer vacay and there is nothing else to do. But also because documenting the process of the food I make is pretty fun. Let’s see where this takes me. Volcano bombs are one of my fav things to make and eat EVER. It’s a chewy bread filled with creamy potato gratin, caramelized onions topped with more cheese. I changed the recipe to suit my liking a bit. Christina Tosi is a pastry genius. It’s so filling and satisfying especially when you’re fucking hungry or high af like my cousin who ate one after smoking. Haha. Anyways here is how I made them!
This is the bread component of the recipe. It’s the easy part. I like using instant yeast instead of dry active yeast because like who has time to wait for it to activate? You can just throw it in with everything else and not have to worry about activating it in water. Bread flour is a must if you want your bread nice and chewy. The higher protein content in the flour develops more gluten. Some salt to flavor the dough and some sugar to feed the yeast. Throw these bitches in the mixing bowl for 10 minutes on medium speed and you have this:
Put the blob of dough in a large container lightly greased with oil. I used olive oil because I’m extra. Let it rise for 1 hour in a warm spot OR in the fridge overnight, which is the best option so the flavor develops more. And also because it’s always great to do things ahead of time! Less work later. Yay! Here are the before and after pics:
My baby is all grown up
