Let's hope this is not a fluke, but a sign of great things (loaves) to come. :)The recipe:
200g starter
400g bread flour
300ml water
10g salt
I took the starter out of the fridge late morning, so that it could warm up and expand a little. At around 4pm I added the flour and water and started kneading until the dough was silky soft and smooth. Towards the end I added the salt and kneaded it a bit more. Then into a floured bowl, cover and let rest on the kitchen bench where it is not very warm. Ready for a (very) slow rise.
This morning, I took out the risen dough, shaped the loaf and put it on the baking tray to rise a bit more.
2 hours later, the bread was in the hot oven and baking nicely.
Lunch was good! :)
2 comments:
Oh yes, that loaf looks as if you got some good oven spring in it, just enough holes to let the butter soak in.
My word, lunch must have been tasty. That's a gorgeous looking loaf. I'm with Pip - butter soaked sourdough is just devine.
A sharp marmalade is addictive with it as well.
Once you taste the difference between sourdough and dried yeast bread, it's really difficult to go back, LOL. I tried to recently and found I couldn't. My family even asked for the sourdough to return. The flavour is just so worth the extra process.
My congratulations for persisting. It definitely paid off. :)
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