White Sourdough Bread Without Dutch Oven
An easy and straightforward sourdough bread. The only thing you'll need is time and patience. Start in the morning for a lovely loaf read yin time for next day's breakfast!
Ingredients
- 400 g strong white bread flour
- 5 g salt
- 215 ml water
- 160 g active sourdough starter 100% hydration
Instructions
DAY 1:
- Put flour, salt, active starter and water in a large bowl (if kneading by by hand) or a standing mixer bowl. Mix everything together.
- Knead the dough for 10-20 minutes until windowpane effect is achieved (you can stretch the dough so thinly that you can see through it without tearing it).
- Shape your dough into a ball and add to a clean bowl. Cover with a clean tea towel and leave at room temperature to proof until it doubles in size. This will take 4-6 hours, depending on the temperature of your kitchen.
- Once doubled, turn the dough onto a clean surface and knock the dough back. Form the dough into a tight round ball. See the video above for the technique.
- Take a large bowl and line it with a clean tea towel. Flour it well and place the formed ball of dough into it. Cover the top with tea towel corners and place into a bag to avoid the dough drying out. Place it in the fridge overnight (up to 16 hours).
DAY 2:
- When ready to bake pre-heat the oven to 230C. As the over is warming up, put a cast iron pan that you are going to cook your sourdough in as well as a shallow dish filled with water in the oven (this will create steam).
- Cut a small square of baking parchment and invert the ball of dough onto the parchment. Take the cast iron pan out of the oven. Holding the corners of the parchment paper, transfer the dough onto a hot cast iron pan. Dust the top of the loaf with flour. Work quickly to score the loaf, making sure you don't accidently touch the hot pan.
- Bake in the oven for 30-35 minutes until good crust has formed and the loaf sounds hollow when tapped on the base.
- Transfer onto a cooling rack and cool for at least half and hour before you cut into it.
Nutrition
Calories: 132kcalCarbohydrates: 27gProtein: 4gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 163mgPotassium: 33mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 1IUCalcium: 6mgIron: 1mg
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