A couple of days ago I told you about my first white sourdough baked this year.
Today I am going to tell you about the second one. Still not perfect, but definitely improved. Baked all the way through, with a good oven spring due to preheating the oven and stone for much longer (1hr and 20 minutes to be exact) and a better crumb (potentially from the increased hydration – I went for a 67% hydration level for this one, compared to almost 65% for the first one).
I followed pretty much the same recipe and method as for the first boule, the only difference for the recipe was in the hydration level of the final dough.
So you still have the same time schedule, the same ingredients for the preferment and the same baker’s percentage for the preferment.
Here are the ingredients for the final bread and the baker’s percentages for this new formula.
Recipe for 1 loaf (67% hydration)
Ingredients for bread
| Ingredient | Quantity | Baker’s % |
| Preferment | 245gr | 72% |
| Strong white flour | 340gr | 100% |
| Water | 192gr | 56% |
| Salt | 8gr | 2.30% |
Final baker’s percentage (including preferment)
| Ingredient | Quantity | Baker’s % |
| Strong white flour | 455gr | 100% |
| Water | 307gr | 67.47% |
| Sourdough culture | 15gr | 3.29% |
| Salt | 8gr | 1.75% |
For this bread I used the same strong organic white flour from Shipton Mill.
Method:
The method I used was the same, apart from pre-heating the oven and baking stone for 1h and 20 minutes rather than just 20 minutes.
The results are just amazing! When a loaf like this comes out of my oven I just wonder why I have ever bought bread from a shop, why? Why?
This time the bottom wasn’t cracked anymore, the bread was baked all the way through and the crumble was much better. As for the taste: divine!
What do you think? Better?
I have sent this post to Susan@Yeastspotting
Look at all that air you got! It looks so good, can’t wait to give it a try!
Thank you! Do let me know if you like it
Another fantastic loaf…that means it can’t be a fluke
. Cheers, again, for your fantastic tutorials. I am going to put your blog in my rss feed reader, I wouldn’t want to miss one of these posts 
Thank you! I am glad you find it helpful. Do let me know how it turns out
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