Artisan Sourdough Bread

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon Active Sourdough Starter
• 75 grams Bread Flour (or all-purpose flour, 1/2 cup)
• 75 grams Water (1/3 cup)
• 525 grams Water (2 1/2 cups, divided)
• 1 tablespoon Salt
• 700 grams Bread Flour (or all-purpose flour, 5 1/2 cups)

Instructions

1. First things first: make a sourdough starter.
2. Mix the starter with flour and water to create the leaven.
3. Mix the leaven with more flour and water to create the autolyse.
4. Fold the dough several times over the next 2 1/2 hours.
5. After a few rounds of rising and resting, shape the dough and bake it in an oven.