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Sourdough Bread Recipe

I love good, freshly baked, homemade bread. Spread it with butter and eat it immediately, mnhh how good! And now I can make sourdough bread at home, with natural fermentation and healthy on top of that.
Prep time:7 days
Cook Time:35 minutes
Total time:7 days 35 minutes
Category: Breakfast, Snack
Keywords: bread, homemade bread, sourdough, sourdough bread
Portions: 1 bread

Ingredients

For the Sourdough

  • 14 tbsp flour
  • 14 tbsp water

For the Sourdough Bread

  • 420 gr wheat flour
  • 230 gr lukewarm water
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 170 gr sourdough

Instructions

For the Sourdough

  • Day 1: Put 2 tbsp of flour in a glass container.
  • Add 2 tbsp of water and mix. Set aside, but without screwing the lid on.
  • Days 2 and 3: Repeat the previous process. You will start to see small bubbles on the surface of the dough.
  • Day 4: Discard 1 tbsp of the mixture.
  • Add 2 tbsp of flour and 2 tbsp of water and mix well. Set aside.
  • Days 5 to 7: Repeat the previous process.
  • The mother's dough is ready to be used.

For the Sourdough Bread

  • In a large bowl, put 420 grams of flour.
  • Add 230 ml of lukewarm water, along with a pinch of salt.
  • Add 170 grams of mother dough and mix.
  • Once the ingredients are together, place the mixture on a flat surface dusted with flour.
  • Knead well until the dough begins to get soft (about 7 to 10 min).
  • Place the dough in a container, covered with a cloth, and let it rise for 3 hours.
  • The dough will rise quite a bit.
  • Put the bread dough back on a surface dusted with flour.
  • Gently knead and shape the bread into a ball.
  • Place an open cloth in a glass container and sprinkle with flour.
  • Arrange the bread dough in the pyrex container with a lid and dust the surface with flour.
  • Cover the bread and let it rise for another 3 hours.
  • Preheat the oven to 250º.
  • Shape the bread dough into the shape you like best (I make it round) and make an incision on the surface.
  • Place the bread on the pyrex lid, previously dusted with flour, and place the pyrex on top (it is upside down so that the bread has enough room to rise).
  • Take the bread to the oven, along with a container with a little water. The water will keep the bread from drying out.
  • Bake the bread for about 35 min.
  • Remove from the oven and serve.

Notes

Suggestion: You can make the sourdough with a mixture of traditional flour and whole wheat flour. I haven't tried this version yet, but I've been told it's even better.
The sourdough will start to smell strange, a little bit vinegary. It is normal, it is rising.
Place seeds in the bread dough or on top, or even nuts.
You can also add spices, such as oregano, rosemary, thyme, cardamom, or cinnamon for a sweet touch.
Use other flours to your liking.