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Sourdough Rustic Bread




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List of Ingredients




1 1/3 cups lukewarm water (70°F), divided
1 cup sourdough starter, room temperature
1 teaspoon active dry or instant yeast
1/2 teaspoon diastatic malt (optional)
3 2/3 cups bread flour
1/2 teaspoon coarse salt or sea salt
1 1/2 tablespoons cold milk
1 1/2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Semolina flour, for dusting



Recipe



Place 1 cup water, sourdough starter, yeast, diastatic malt, and flour in the bowl of a mixer; stir with a rubber spatula or wooden spoon, just to moisten. Fit the mixer with a dough hook and mix the dough on medium speed for 6 minutes. Turn the mixer off and allow the dough to rest for 20 minutes.

Add salt and mix on medium speed for 2 more minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula as necessary.

Place milk, olive oil and remaining 1/3 cup water in a small bowl; stir together. With the mixer on low speed, very gradually add the liquids to the dough. Don’t add the liquids too rapidly or they will slosh out of the bowl. Continue mixing on low until the ingredients are completely incorporated and then beat on high speed for 4 minutes.

Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and allow the dough to ferment at room temperature for 2 to 2 1/2 hours, or until it doubles in volume. Sprinkle the work surface heavily with flour and pour the dough out to form a rough oval. Sprinkle the top of the dough with flour, cover with plastic wrap and allow it to rest for 20 minutes.

Cut a piece of parchment paper approximately 12 x 16-inches. Sprinkle the paper heavily with the semolina flour, then with bread flour. Uncover the dough and sprinkle the top with more bread flour.

Carefully scoop up the dough, using the dough cutter and your free hand to hold each end, and lay the dough on the parchment paper, allowing the dough to stretch as it falls to form an oblong shape approximately 8 x 10 inches in area and 1 1/2 inches thick. NOTE: It’s more important to get the proper thickness than the right width or length.

Using your index fingers, dimple each piece of dough at random 2-inch intervals, being sure to press through all the way through to the parchment paper. Lightly sprinkle the dough top with bread flour and semolina flour. Cover with plastic wrap and allow to proof at room temperature for 2 hours. Test for readiness by lightly pressing two fingers into the dough. The dough should feel soft and alive, not longer sticky.

Set the baking stone on the lowest oven rack and preheat oven to 500 degrees F. about 20 minutes before baking the bread. Before adding the bread, open the oven door and heavily spritz the oven with water from a spray bottle and quickly close the door. Keeping the parchment paper under the dough, slide the baker’s peel (a large baking spatula) under the dough.

Open the oven door, slide the dough and the parchment paper onto the baking stone and quickly close the door. Spritz with water again. Reduce temperature to 450 degrees F. Spritz the oven with water two more times during the next 5 minutes. Refrain from opening the oven door for 15 minutes.

After 15 minutes, slide the peel between the bread and the parchment paper and remove the paper. Return the bread to the baking stone and rotate if necessary to ensure even baking. Continue baking another 5 minutes. With the peel, flip the bread upside down to allow even browning. Bake another 5 to 8 minutes for a total of 30 to 33 minutes or until the bread is nicely browned and sounds hollow. Remove the loaf from the oven and place on a cooling rack. When the bread is cooled, dust off excess flour.

Makes1 large round loaf.