# Pain violet

- Cuisine: French
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- purple sweet potato
- flour
- water
- sourdough

## Instructions

1. Take two purple sweet potatoes and peel them.
2. Cut the purple sweet potatoes in half.
3. Scoop out the flesh of the purple sweet potatoes.
4. In a large bowl, add flour and water.
5. Add the mashed purple sweet potato to the bowl.
6. Add sourdough starter to the bowl.
7. Mix and knead the dough until it forms a uniform purple color.
8. Place the dough in a banneton basket.
9. Dust the top of the dough with flour.
10. Spread the flour evenly over the dough.
11. Score the top of the dough with a toothpick to create a pattern.
12. Deepen the pattern with a lame.
13. Brush off excess flour from the scored pattern.
14. Bake the bread until golden brown.
15. Cut the bread in half to reveal its purple interior.

## Equipment

- bowl
- knife
- spoon
- banneton basket
- lame

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=786170530602725
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/0eb63f3b-a4fc-4ac8-8d7e-26a5810a4874
- Extracted: 2026-03-30

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