I’m no professional baker but having watched many YouTube videos, reading blogs and many loaves later, here’s my best …
Ingredients
- 500g flour
- 100g starter
- 300g water
- 10g salt
Method
- Put all ingredients in a bowl and bring together with hands
- Turn out onto floured surface and knead dough for 10mins
- Place in bowl with cling film on top for 2-3hours and leave to rest at room temp
- Turn dough out and lightly knead and shape again
- Put dough into lightly oiled bowl with cling film on top and leave bread to prove overnight in fridge
- Take out of bowl next morning and lightly knead/shape again to remove air bubbles (knocking it out)
- Leave to rest, warm up and double in size. This should be 2/3hours in bowl or bread proofing basket (with flour in it), cover top with cling film lightly
- Turn bread out onto baking paper
- Put scores at top of bread with a knife for a crust to develop in oven
- Heat oven to 240 and place dough in a ovenproof dish that has a lid (if not just directly on a tray)
- Bake for 40-45mins
- Remove lid and reduce to 200
- Bake for another 10 or longer to allow the crispy crust to develop
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