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Beginner Sourdough Bread Recipe

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  • Author: Roselle Blore
  • Prep Time: 4-6hrs for your sourdough starter to come to peak
  • Fermentation: Depends, see options in the instructions
  • Cook Time: 5-20 min depending on size and thichness
  • Total Time: Room Temp: 8-12 hrs
  • Yield: 3 Small Pizzas or 2 Med Pizza or 1.5 Large Pizzas 1x
  • Category: Sourdough Pizza
  • Method: Sourdough Baking
  • Cuisine: Pizza Baking

Ingredients

Scale

300g water

50g starter

10g salt

2g sugar (optional)

500g bread flour

10g olive oil

Instructions

The sourdough bread (pizza dough is a flat bread dough) baking process can be boiled down into 7 Steps:

  1. FEED STARTER – 4-8hrs 
  2. MIXING – 5-15 min
    • In a bowl, mix ingredients together thoroughly until there are no dry clumps 
  3. FOLDING – 30 min
    • After mixing, fold/knead your dough twice, 15 min apart
  4. PRESHAPING – 5 min
    • Divide the dough into 3, shape into taut balls, place into a large food container, cover.
  5. PROOFING
    1. Option 1 – Cold Proofing Only
      • After pre-shaping, put in your fridge
      • Can be used anywhere between 12-36hrs
    2. Option 2 – Room Temp + Cold Proofing
      • After pre-shaping, put leave out at room temp for 4hrs
      • Then put into your fridge for max 12hrs
    3. Option 3 – Room Temp Proofing only
      • After pre-shaping, leave out at room temp for 8-12hrs
      • Then go straight to shaping
  6. SHAPING – 10 min
    • Pat down dough into discs and then shape into a large circle, do the best you can to be even so the pizza bakes evenly
  7. BAKING – 5-20 min
    • Preheat your oven to 500F
    • You can either assemble the pizza and bake right away, or bake the pizza dough for 5 min first and then add your sauce, cheese, toppings
    • Baking times depends on how big or deep your pizza is, watch the dough carefully for desired done-ness

Beginner Sourdough Bread Schedule

Need help With the timing? I made You A Schedule That’ll Help you see the Timeline:

Friday

Preparation

9pm – Feed your sourdough starter

Saturday

1st rise – Bulk Fermentation

9am – Mix ingredients

9:15am – 1st folding session

11:15am – 2nd folding session

1:15pm – 3rd Folding session

2:15pm – Shape dough

3pm – Put dough in fridge

2nd rise – Cold Proofing

3pm – Cold proof for 24hrs

Sunday

Baking Day

2:30pm – Preheat DO in oven

3pm – Score dough

3:01pm – Bake in DO, lid on

3:20pm – Bake in DO, lid off

3:40pm – Done

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