Basic sourdough Bread🥖✨

Name: Basic sourdough Bread🥖✨
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 300 g all purpose flour; 200 g water (67%); 60 g active starter (15%); 6 g salt (2%)

Ikumi @Ikumi

This is a simple recipe that allows you to enjoy the aroma of the sourdough. The key is to let it ferment slowly overnight in the refrigerator. 😴

Ikumi @Ikumi

This is a simple recipe that allows you to enjoy the aroma of the sourdough. The key is to let it ferment slowly overnight in the refrigerator. 😴

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Ingredients

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300 gall purpose flour
200 gwater (67%)
60 gactive starter (15%)
6 gsalt (2%)

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Steps

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⭐️Night of Day 1: Before going to bed, make the starter. Mix all the ingredients for the starter. Room temperature: 15-20 degrees.
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☀️Morning of Day 2 : Upon waking up, check the starter. If it has expanded more than twice its original size, it's okay. It should be airy and float when dropped into water.
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※ In summer, leaving it overnight may cause over-fermentation, so instead of leaving it overnight, check the status after about 3 hours.
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Mixing: Mix the strong flour and water. It's okay as long as there's no dry flour left. You can use rye flour or whole wheat flour for about 10% of the flour.
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Autolyse: Cover so it doesn't dry out and leave it for about an hour.
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Mix in 60g of the starter and salt. (The remaining starter is mixed with flour and refrigerated for use in the next batch)
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First Fermentation (Bulk Fermentation): Do a stretch & fold every hour for 3 hours (3 times in total) - you can look up how to do this on YouTube.
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Gradually, the gluten will start to form.
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Then, leave it for another 2-3 hours.
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Prepare a proofing basket dusted with flour (a 1:1 mix of rice flour and strong flour is recommended). Shape the dough and place it in the proofing basket.
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🌠Cold Fermentation: Put it in the fridge and leave it until the next morning. If the room temperature is below 10 degrees, you can also leave it at room temperature.
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☀️Morning of the 3rd day: It's okay if the dough has doubled in volume. If it hasn't, leave it at room temperature for a while.
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Score the dough as desired.
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🔥Preheat the oven and a cast-iron pot to 230 degrees, add the bread and a small amount of water, then immediately start baking with the lid on.
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After baking for 30 minutes, remove the lid and continue baking until the crust becomes a deep golden brown (approximately another 5-15 minutes).
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🍴You'll be able to cut it neatly if you let it cool down thoroughly first.

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Ikumi @Ikumi

on November 19, 2023 06:55

Passionate about food and photography, and adoring my family. I baked my first loaf during the COVID lockdown and have been enamored with sourdough ever since. Happy baking to you all!