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Bread

Ingredients

Poolish

  • 50 grams all-purpose flour
  • 2 grams instant yeast, SAF is my preference
  • 50 grams water, lukewarm or room temperature

Bread

  • 365 grams water
  • 15 grams salt
  • 460 grams flour

Directions

  • Mix poolish ingredients together in a bowl and sit overnight
  • The next morning, mix the salt + water, then pour into poolish bowl
  • Disolve the poolish into the water mixture, if the bowl is big enough add flour, otherwise add water to a bowl with flour
  • Once combined rest for 1 hour
  • Come back with a wet hand pull one edge of the dough out and into the center until you have folded all sides of the bread in (4-6 slap and folds)
  • Rest for 30 minutes and repeat 4-6 more times
  • Heavily flour a surface
  • Split dough into two segements
  • Pull dough edges to center forming a ball
  • Place the balls onto a baking sheet lined with flour and parchment paper
  • Let rise with a tea towel covering dough for 1 hour
  • Put into fridge overnight to ferment
  • Next morning remove bread from fridge and let rest
  • Heat oven to 500f with a dutch oven inside (no need for the lid)
  • Add a 1/2 sheet pan with water to the oven
  • Once the oven is at temp let rest for 30 minutes until everything is nice and hot
  • Spray the outside of the loaf with water
  • Add more water to the pan and place loaf in the dutch oven
  • Bake for 32 minutes
  • Remove, and let oven reheat for 15 minutes before placing in new loaf
  • Let loaves rest for at least 1 hour before cutting

Notes

  1. To proof I like to use my microwave with the lights on. Keeps mosisture in and gives a nice bit of warmth
  2. Do not cover loaves with anything that will trap moisture otherwise they will lose their crunchy crust and get stale faster