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Sourdough bread a recipe for beginners with starter

5 from 17 votes
Prep Time 1 day
Cook Time 40 minutes
Course bread

Equipment

  • 1 Convectional oven
  • 1 Bowl for mixing the dough
  • 1 Banneton lined with a towel

Ingredients
  

  • 400 gm Bread Flour
  • 240 gm Water
  • 40 gm Sourdough starter
  • 8 gm Salt

Instructions
 

  • Considering that your starter is ready and actively bubbling some CO2 here and there.
  • Fermentolyse: mix flour, water, salt and of course your starter and leave it to completely hydrate itself for about 2 hours.
  • Building the gluten strength: in order to strengthen its gluten we have to perform an essential ceremony of folding the dough. its a simple step that has to be done 3 times in every 1 hour.
  • Shaping: shape the dough by pulling the dough towards you and tucking it tightly, and put it in a banneton (proofing basket), tucked side should be facing up and put it in the fridge overnight.
  • Scoring: take the dough out of the banneton, score. Make a cut from the off center all the way through.
  • Baking: keep a tray filled with water at the bottom of the oven and let it pre heat on 230 °C
  • Then put the dough and bake it for about 20 minutes with the steam. Steam helps the in getting that beautiful oven spring that we all desire.
  • Remove water and bake it for more 20 minutes.
  • And VOILA its ready!!!
Keyword bread, sourdough, starter