Egg Salad with Lovage on Seeded Quick Bread

By DreiFromBK

Buttermilk makes this quick bread nicely moist, while sunflower and pumpkin seeds give it crunch. It's a great base for the egg salad but also terrific spread with good salty butter.

Ingredients

• BREAD:
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 1/2 cups barley flour (see Note)
• 1/2 cup salted roasted sunflower seeds
• 1/2 cup raw pumpkin seeds
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
• 1 1/2 cups hot water
• EGG SALAD:
• 8 large eggs
• 4 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 4 tablespoons sour cream
• 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
• 1 teaspoon honey
• 1 tablespoon minced shallot
• 2 tablespoons minced scallion
• 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped lovage or pale green inner celery leaves
• Kosher salt Pepper, to taste

Details

Servings 4
Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 55mins
Adapted from foodandwine.com

Preparation

Step 1

Make the bread: Preheat the oven to 400°F. In a large bowl, whisk both flours with the sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, baking powder and salt. Stir in the buttermilk and hot water just until the dough comes together. Scrape the dough onto a parchment paper–lined baking sheet and shape into an 8-inch round. Bake for about 40 minutes, until golden and cooked through and the bread sounds hollow when tapped. Transfer the bread to a rack to cool completely.

Meanwhile, make the egg salad In a medium saucepan, cover the eggs with 2 inches of water and bring to a rolling boil. Cover, remove from the heat and let stand for 10 minutes. Transfer the eggs to ice water to cool, then drain, peel and lightly mash them.

In a large bowl, whisk the mayonnaise with the sour cream, mustard and honey. Stir in the shallot, scallion and lovage and season with salt and pepper. Add the eggs and mix well, mashing with the back of a fork. Spread on the bread and serve.

Notes

Barley flour is available at health food stores and from bobsredmill.com.