Now that you've got your sourdough starter is bubbling away happily (see recipe here), you can try your hand at making your own loaf of sourdough bread. Ingredients: 1.5 cups of flour (ideally use the same flour you used to make your starter) 1 cup of sourdough starter (see recipe) 1/3 cup of filtered water A pinch of salt Method: In a large mixing bowl combine all ingredients. Turn out onto a well floured surface and knead well for about 10 mins. You now need to let the dough rise for 8 - 12 hours. I have experimented with letting it rise in a bowl and then shaping it for baking, as recommended by some, but have found it far easier to just let it rise in the dish I plan to bake it in. You can use either a loaf tin (provided you have another dish that you can cover it with when baking), or a ceramic casserole pot with a lid (provided the opening of the pot is not smaller than the base - otherwise you wont get the bread out). Place the dough in the well floured tin or pot, cover the bowl with a clean, damp tea towel (secured with a rubber band if possible) and leave for 8 - 12 hours. During this time, the dough should rise to about double its size and have formed lots of bubbles. If you need to slow the rising down (because you ran out of time), you can just pop it in the fridge then return it to room temperature when your ready for it to keep going. The time frame I use for instance, I'll make the dough at lunchtime Saturday, pop it in the fridge when I go to bed Saturday night (this has given it 8+ hours), pull it out of the fridge Sunday morning, give it a few hours to get back to room temperature and then finish the process (this gets it in the oven and cooked in time for Sunday lunch; also note that I live in a very hot, humid climate, it will take longer in a cooler weather) When ready to bake, remove the tea towel and place the lid on. Pre-heat the oven to 200 degrees and bake for 20 mins, remove the lid and bake for a further 40mins before turning the oven off and allowing the loaf to sit for a further 10mins before removing from the oven and allowing to cool before slicing.
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24/11/2014 01:40:15 pm
This looks fabulous. I've never made sourdough, the airation in this looks fantastic. The best I've done is a focaccia, I'll have to give this a try, my next step in bread making perhaps.
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Nikki @ The Kids Menu
7/2/2015 11:24:46 pm
Hi Kim,
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7/2/2015 07:38:32 am
your recipe is so good, Thanks for sharing it
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