Prepare everything you need.
Pour water into a bowl, add sugar and dry yeast. Add 2 tablespoons of flour. Stir and leave the starter for 15 minutes to activate the yeast.
100 ml water, 1 tbsp sugar, 6 g yeast, 550 g flour
Meanwhile, grate the zucchini. If the vegetable is young, you can leave the seeds and skin. Sprinkle with salt, mix, and let the zucchini release juice for a couple of minutes.
½ tsp salt, 300 g zucchini
Squeeze the shavings to remove the liquid, but do not pour it out, collect it and measure 100 ml.
The starter has foamed.
Pour in the zucchini juice.
100 ml zucchini juice
Add the grated zucchini, Provencal herbs, and vegetable oil.
2 tbsp vegetable oil, ¼ tsp mixture of Provencal herbs
Add finely chopped onion.
1 pc yellow onion
Mix and add the remaining flour.
Knead the dough, adding a little flour if necessary, but remember that the bread dough should be very soft, so it is important not to overload it with flour.
Let it rise for 30-40 minutes, covering it with cling film. Then grease the baking sheet and your hands with vegetable oil, transfer the dough.
Flatten into a round shape, then fold the edges to the center.
Turn it over. Cover with cling film and let it rest for 20 minutes.
During this time, the dough will rise. Using a sharp blade or knife, make shallow cuts on the surface.
Bake in the oven at 220 ℃ for the first 10 minutes, then reduce the temperature to 180 ℃ and bake for another 20 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack, cover with a towel, and let it cool.
Zucchini bread is ready.