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For the Levain
100 grams sourdough starter
15 grams bread flour
15 grams whole wheat flour
5 grams rye flour
35 grams water
For the Autolyse
135 grams whole wheat flour
365 grams bread flour
425 grams water
For the Dough
70 grams of the levain
11 grams kosher salt, sea salt or
other pure salt
2 tablespoon rice flour, or as
needed for dusting banneton
2 ice cubes
Instructions
Make the levain: Weigh out the
levain ingredients in a small bowl or jar (100g sourdough starter,
15g bread flour, 15g whole wheat flour, 5g rye flour, 35g water).
Stir together, and leave at room temperature until very bubbly and
doubled in size, about 5 hours.
Meanwhile, about 2 hours before the
levain will be ready, perform the autolyse: Stir the 135g whole wheat
flour, 365g bread flour, and 425g water together in a bowl. Let sit
for about 2 hours. If levain is ready to use before the autolyse has
gone a full 2 hours, proceed with mixing dough anyway.
Mix the dough: Weigh out 70g
levain, and add to the top of the autolyse mixture of flour and
water. Sprinkle salt around the edges. With damp hands, pull up and
fold dough from edges to the middle, turning the bowl as you fold,
until completely mixed. Cover; let rest for 15 minutes. Cover and
return the excess levain to the refrigerator to use for a future
batch of bread.
Perform first set of folds: Lift
dough with wet hands at the edge and flop to the middle; turn the
bowl a few inches and continue to flop and turn until dough begins to
resist being pulled to the center. Repeat folds twice more, 15
minutes apart, covering dough in between.
Set a timer for 30 minutes. Now
turn dough out onto counter, and perform the first stretch and fold.
Stretch the dough into a rough 12-inch square. Pull 2 corners and
fold the dough into thirds; then fold the top half to the bottom.
Roll the dough forward, then form into a ball with a flat bench
scraper; return dough to the bowl and cover.
Repeat the stretch and fold process
2 more times, 30 minutes apart. Cover; let dough bulk ferment until
very bubbly and doubled in size, 4 to 5 hours.
Turn dough out onto counter, and
pre-shape dough into a ball. Dust with flour, and let rest on the
counter 30 minutes.
Perform the final shaping: Dust the
counter with flour, and gently flop the dough over into the flour
with the bench scraper. Again, perform a stretch and fold, but
gently, to not deflate the dough. Shape into as high and round a ball
as possible using the bench scraper. Dust the top with flour.
Generously dust a banneton with
rice flour, Carefully slide the bench scraper under the dough, and
turn it over into the banneton. Now, and this is optional, "stitch"
the dough by bringing opposite pieces of the dough up, sticking them
together in the center. Dust with a little flour.
Cover; proof dough in the
refrigerator for 14 hours.
One hour before baking, place the
pan you will bake the bread in, or a pizza stone, in the oven. and
heat the oven to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C). (I cook it in the barbecue for a full loaf, or in a toaster oven for tiny loaf cooked in the smallest cast iron frying pan.)
After 1 hour of preheating, turn
dough out of banneton onto parchment, and score 1/4-inch deep with a
razor or sharp thin knife. Place in bread pan, add 2 ice cubes to the
pan; cover.
Bake for 20 minutes at 500 degrees
F (260 degrees C). Remove cover, lower the heat to 450 degrees F (240
degrees C), and bake an additional 35 minutes, or until desired
doneness.
Let cool 1 hour before slicing.
(Adapted from https://cutt.ly/Tek207wB)
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