1. Feed starter with 1:1:1 ratio. (It’ll take about 5ish hours to double in size. That means it’s ready to be added to the autolyse.)
2. A few hours later (2-4 hour for white bread or 1 hour for whole wheat), make autolyse. (500g flour + 385g water)
Let it sit for 30 minutes to 3 hours for white bread flour and 1 to 5 hours for whole wheat flour.
3. When starter doubles, add 150g of it to the autolyse. Make sure to there is still some starter left. Feed that starter and stick it back in the fridge.
4. Add 20g salt. Fold into dough.
5. Set a timer for 30 mins. Then stretch and fold. Repeat 4-6x every 30 minutes. You want rounded edges on the side of the dough instead of a flat surface.
6. Bulk rise. 4-6 hours at room temperature or overnight in the fridge. You’ll see some bubbles.
7. Pre-shape loafs. (Put in fridge if you need to stop overnight.) Let rest 30 mins with bowl covering them.
8. Flour banneton with rice flour.
9. Flip loafs and shape. You can do a folding pattern pulling each left and right side in over itself and then a rolling fold from top to bottom after.
10. Put in banneton. Flour the sides. Proof for 2-3 hours at room temp or proof overnight.
11. Preheat oven to 550F (or 500F) with dutch oven inside.
12. Flip dough onto parchment paper. Score and put into dutch oven. Mist with water and put on lid and put into cover. Bake 20 mins.
13. Take lid off and add a tray underneath. Lower temp to 400 (or 450F). Cook until color on top is nice and golden (20 - 35 mins).
14. Cure bread by turning off the oven and cracking it. Do this for 20 mins.
15. Let bread cool completely before cutting into it.
1. Feed starter (levian) and place 50g back into fridge (starter).
2. 5-7 hours later make autolyse (water + flour) I did 1:1 ratio, but next time will follow a recipe to end up around 75% hudration. Let sit out for an hour or two and then add salt before putting in fridge overnight.
3. 7 hours later, feed levian on counter again and let it double overnight on the counter.
4. Take out autolyse but let it sit on counter for as long as you can before combined levian and autolyse. If levian needs to be fed, combined right away. Follow recipe for how much levian vs autolyse.
5. Stretch and fold every 30 mins (x6).
6. Dust rice flour in banneton or towel covered bowl.
7. Preshap. Cover with bowl. Rest 30 mins.
8. Turn over, stretch into square and final shape. Put into dusted bowl. Dust edged.
9. Let proof for 3-5 hours or in fridge overnight.
10. Preheat over with cast iron at 500F. Score bread. Put into over. Cook 20 mins.
11. Lower to 450F. Take lid off. Put cast iron onto cooking pan. Cook until brown.
12. Crack open oven and turn off.
13. Stick on cooling rack and wait at least 2 hours or more to cut into bread.
Recipe
Flour (1000 grams total) - 25% can be wholewheat and 75% white bread flour or 100% white bread flour
770 grams of water (77% hydration)
150 grams of starter- (15%)
20 grams of salt (2%)
Here's the resources that inspired me as I made this...
A video to see everything in action -
youtube
Why to autolyse with only flour and water - https://truesourdough.com/sourdough-autolyse-is-it-needed-if-so-how-long/
I love how dynamic this is with the watch moving.
This is credited to Lukas Guschlbauer and you can find it here: http://principletemplates.com/mvmt-watches-shop-concept/
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