Charlie’s Sourdough Bread v1.1

Day 1

8:00p

Prep the starter

Add 30g of Whole Wheat Flour and 85g of Bread Flour to the starter as well as 115g of water

Mix together well and then scrape out 215g Starter +10g into a separate jar to rise overnight

NOTES

41g WW and 107g total

Day 2

7:00a

Autolyse

Autolyse all flour and 70-75% of water. Be sure to leave 5% of water to mix in with starter. Autolyse for 1-2 hours.

NOTES

800 100 100 no autolyse

9:00a

Bulk Fermentation

Mix starter and 5% water in separate container before adding it to the dough.

9:30a

After 30 minutes add in salt and begin working the dough with slap and folds for 10 minutes.

10:00a

Perform a second slap and fold for 2-3 minutes before placing the dough on the counter at room temperature. Start the timer. Enter dough temperature into the widget above.

10:30a

Perform a third set of folds either stretch-n-folds or coil-folds before resting for 1 hour. Enter dough temperature into the widget above.

11:30a

Repeat the stretch and fold process for four sets of folds then either set the timer for a fifth set or wait till bulk fermentation is complete.

12:30p

Enter dough temperature into the widget above.

NOTES

After the fourth set, you can either repeat again or prepare for pre-shaping.

4:00p

Pre-shaping & Shaping

Pour out the dough onto a work surface. You can dust the surface with flour lightly or leave it bare. Either way, pull the dough into a ball (one or two depending on your amount) and let rest on the counter for 10 minutes.

4:20p

Begin shaping, either round or oval. Pull tightly but be sure not to degas the dough. Once pulled tight, dust the dough with 50/50 rice/AP flour and then place in the banatin to proof.

NOTES

Alternatively, if you choose not to cold retard the loaf, let sit at room temperature or between 74F-79F for an additional 1-2 hours before baking. This will give you time to prepare the Dutch oven for baking.

4:20p

Post-shaping proof

Depending on your temperature, you want to proof long enough to see a few key things: - Overall volume increase - Dough relaxes and spreads to fill the container - Dough passes a poke test while still at room temp.

7:20p

Cold ferment (Retard)

Once you’ve seen these, you can cover your dough and let it proof overnight in the refrigerator for anywhere from 12-48 hours. The longer you cold ferment, the more the flavor will build, however, the gluten structure which gives you a great crumb is breaking down as the acidity which is helping develop the flavor, increases.

Day 3

10:20a

Pre-bake and bake

Pre heat the oven to 500 °F for 45 minutes

Take the dough out of the fridge - crumple and flatten parchment paper and turn out your dough. Dust the loaf with the flour and smooth it across the surface. Score along the side of the dough, lengthwise, for an ear.

Place the loaf in the dutch oven, spritz with water and bake for 20 minutes with the lid on at 500 °F

Turn the heat down to 450 °F, take the lid off and bake for an additional 25 minutes

Remove the dutch oven from oven and place the bread on a wire rack to cool for at least 2 hours or until the bread reaches 75 °F internal.

NOTES

The deeper the score the higher the ear.

Ingredients

510g

Bread Flour

100g

Whole Wheat Flour

390g

All Purpose Flour

750g

Water

215g

Starter

20g

Salt

Hydr.

77%

Yield

2

Tot. Weight

1985g

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