Sourdough bread
Sourdough bread

Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, sourdough bread. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Sourdough bread is made entirely using wild yeast — with a strong, active sourdough culture of wild yeast, you won't need any commercial yeast at all. I've fed my starter, so let's see what happens. Get started with baking awesome artisan sourdough bread using my tutorial videos.

Sourdough bread is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Sourdough bread is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook sourdough bread using 4 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Sourdough bread:
  1. Get 110 g starter
  2. Make ready 415 g bottled water
  3. Prepare 646 g bread flour
  4. Take 12 g salt

This is one of the simplest sourdough breads you can make. I think it's the best, too! An easy Sourdough Bread recipe that rises overnight and bakes in the morning. A simple flexible recipe, made with sourdough starter, that can be adapted to your needs.

Steps to make Sourdough bread:
  1. Combine water and flour
  2. Form into ball and let sit covered in bowl for 1 hr to let gluten start activating (Autolyse)
  3. Now add starter and then salt and use hands to combine
  4. Now you should knead dough for around 15mins until you can pull dough and it doesn’t break and you can see some light through it (this is the window pane test)
  5. Form into ball and and put in bowl (no flour or oil) - cover with damo towel and rest for 4 hrs
  6. Now you can shape ball by pulling sides over and over until nice and tight on one side (this is the envelope fold)
  7. Lightly rice flour cloth in bowl and rest upside down for another 30mins covered with towel (or for stronger sour dough taste leave for at least 8 hours covered in fridge)
  8. Preheat oven to 290c with hot skillet and baking dish on bottom
  9. Place ball on skillet and score with big X across
  10. Place in oven for 35mins and turn down to 230c and put boiling water in baking tray
  11. Turn off oven and leave in for another 15mins (or less if you don’t want really brown crust)
  12. Place on cooling tray for at least 1 hour
  13. Eat and enjoy

Sourdough bread is bread leavened using only wild, naturally-occurring yeast and bacteria. Sourdough bread has a wonderful flavor and can be made with the most basic of ingredients. Sourdough bread is an old favorite that has recently risen in popularity. Many people consider it to be tastier and healthier than conventional bread. Some even say that it's easier to digest and less likely.

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