Tuesday, January 01, 2013

Trying my Hand at a Sourdough

Over Night Sourdough
Start the Starter:
  • 2 cups warm water
  • 1/2 tsp active dry yeast
  • 1 Tb honey
  • 2 Tb potato pearls
  • 4 cups all-purpose flour

Preparation:

  1. In a glass bowl, add warm water and yeast. Mix with rubber paddle until the yeast is dissolved.
  2. Stir in flour. Mix until smooth. let sit out for 24 hours to bloom
  3.  
fold over and shape into loaf let rise on caste iron oven with plastic to keep moist

after two hours of rising, preheat oven to 425'F, once dough has doubled, remove plastic, place caste iron lid on dutch oven and into oven. bake 45 minutes or until internal temperature is 165F