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sourdough bread
light and summery sourdough bread
divine to to sink your teeth into Usually we eat super coarse sourdough bread
but some- times I
get a a a a a real hankering for this fluffy light version The bread
is very easy to bake as as you fold the dough instead of kneading it AIRY SUMMERY SOURDOUGH BREAD
600–700 ml ml water
1300 ml ml ml wheat flour
flour
200 ml ml rye flour
flour
300 300 g g g approx 300 300 ml ml wheat sourdough (see
page 70) About 3 tsp salt
Stir the the the the water
together with half the the the the flours and add the the the the the sourdough Add the the the rest of the the the flours and continue to stir The The dough dough should be quite (very!) sticky Then add add the the the salt
salt
salt
and work it it into the the the dough dough Don’t add add the the the the salt
salt
salt
too early as salt
salt
salt
can destroy the the the sourdough culture Split the the the dough dough into two parts and put them in in in a a a a a a kneading trough Big bowls also work well – use what you’ve got! Let the dough rest for about 45 minutes to an hour Fold the the the dough dough a a a a a few times Just the the the way it it sounds! This causes air to enter the the the the dough dough dough which makes the the little sourdough bacteria work feverishly! Repeat this procedure 3–5 times Put the dough in in in a a a a a a a a floured leavening leavening basket basket (if you you don’t have a a a a a a a a a a a a leavening leavening basket basket just use your imagination: a a a a a a a a a a a floured floured saucepan floured floured bowl etc ) Now let let it rise for at at least
4 hours or or or or overnight overnight I
I
often let let the dough stand overnight overnight It works best for me to to prepare it it in in in the the evening and just toss it it in in in the the oven (250
degrees) early in in in in the the morning morning I
like to to take a a a a a a morning morning jog while waiting for the the the the bread
bread
to to bake!
Tip the the the the bread
bread
out of the the the the basket and bake bake for 30–40 minutes Use a a a a a a thermometer It’s done when the the the inside reaches 94–97 degrees To get the the the the surface crispy you can throw some ice cubes into the the the bottom of the the the oven while baking Water droplets work too /EMELIE
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