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Collection: Main
Recipe By: Nikkishipp
Basic Sourdough
Ingredients
- 100 g - Active Starter (about 1/2 cup)
- 350 g Warm Water (1 1/2 cups)
- 500 g Flour ( about 4 cups)
- 10 g Salt ( 1/12-2 tsp)
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Directions
- Step 1: Mix
- 1. In a big bowl, mix starter & water first
- 2. Add flour & salt
- 3. Stir until no dry flour remains
- It will look shaggy and slightly sticky
- Cover let rest 30 minutes
- Step 2: Stretch and Folds
- Over the next two hours, every 30 minutes
- * Grab one side of the dough
- * stretch up
- * fold over
- * turn bowl and repeat 4 times
- Step 3: Bulk ferment
Let the dough sit covered until:
- * Puffy
- *Slightly domed
- *Jiggly when shaken
- Usually 4-8 hours
- Step 4: Shape
- * Lightly flour the counter
- * Shape into a tight ball
- * let rest 20 minutes
- * Shape again gently
- Step 5: Final Rise
- Option A: room temp 1-2 hours
- Option B ( Better flavour) : Fridge overnight
- Step 6: Bake
- 1. preheat oven to 450F with Dutch oven inside
- 2. Place dough on parchment paper
- 3. Score the top
- 4. Back cover 20-25 minutes
- 5. Uncover and bake 20-25 minutes until golden brown
- Cool at least 1 hour before slicing
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