Sourdough bread
A simple way to bake your own bread. No kneading. No bread machine.
Ingredients:
- dutch oven
- bread flour
- wheat flour (optional)
- water
- salt
- sourdough starter (either get one from a friend or make one from scratch)
0. If making starter from scratch. See instructions on how to make a sourdough starter from scratch.
1. Create two fresh starters. Take your starter out of the fridge. Warm water to 85-90F. In a small bowl, add 1/3 cup bread flour and 1/4 water and 1 Tbsp starter. Mix well. (starter #1) Repeat in a second bowl. (starter #2) Throw away old starter. Cover both new starters, and leave at room temperature for 6-8 hours (I do overnight). Put starter #1 in the fridge for the next time (3 weeks max). Use starter #2 to make the dough.
2. Make the dough. Warm water to 85-90F. In a big bowl, mix 100g wheat flour, 400g bread flour (or 500g if not using wheat flour), and 10g salt. Add 375g water and starter #2. Mix well. Cover and leave at room temperature for 10 hours.
3. Bake the bread. Preheat oven at 500F with your dutch oven inside (without lid). Pour dough on a well floured surface. Shape the dough and use flour so it doesn’t stick. Make a few slashes on top of the bread with a sharp knife. Place in the dutch oven. Put lid on. And bake for 30 minutes. Switch oven off. Remove the lid. And leave bread for 5 more minutes in the oven. Remove bread from oven, and place on cooling rack. Wait till the bread cools down and enjoy!
Bon appétit!
