# Sourdough Bread

A step-by-step guide to make your first sourdough loaves.

- Servings: 2 servings
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1000 g bread flour
- 200 g active sourdough starter
- 750 g water
- 22 g salt

## Instructions

1. Mix active sourdough starter and water in a large bowl.
2. Add salt and gently mix.
3. Add in bread flour and mix until all of the flour is fully hydrated (3-5min).
4. Rest covered with a damp dish towel for 1 hour.
5. Stretch and fold the dough 4 times every 30 minutes over 2 hours.
6. Cover the dough with a damp dish towel between every stretch and fold.
7. After 2 hours of stretch and folds, rest dough for approximately 1 hour (you may need longer depending on the temperature of your home and how active your starter is).
8. Flip dough out of your bowl on the counter.
9. Divide your dough into two equal pieces.
10. Shape dough pieces and place in a banneton covered in the fridge overnight.
11. The next morning, preheat oven with a dutch oven inside at 450f° for 45min-1hour.
12. Remove dough from the fridge and score.
13. Place loaf in the preheated dutch oven with the lid on for 20 min.
14. Remove the dutch oven lid.
15. Turn oven down to 400f and bake the bread for an additional 10-20 min until golden brown.
16. Wait to cool before cutting.

## Equipment

- large bowl
- damp dish towel
- banneton
- oven
- Dutch oven

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/@casacalifano/video/7267326102941551914
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/01bb7da1-ec5e-4e18-97d7-c06058e153e3
- Extracted: 2025-12-30

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