Wholemeal Sourdough Loaf
Serves : 1
An easy everyday wholemeal sourdough bread recipe, great for beginners giving you a beautiful crusty loaf.
Ingredients
For the Sponge
- 100 ml Sourdough Starter
- 250 g Strong Bread Flour Wholemeal or White
- 275 ml Warm Water
For the Loaf
- 300 g Strong Bread Flour Wholemeal or White
- 1 tbsp Rapeseed Oil
- 1 tsp salt
Instructions
- For the Sponge: Before you make the loaf, you’ll need to prepare your sourdough starter, to make the ‘sponge’
- Take approximately 100ml of the sourdough starter and place it in a clean bowl
- Add the flour and the warm water to the starter
- Mix together and cover with clingfilm
- Leave overnight in a warm place
- For the Loaf: The following morning, check your ‘sponge’ – it should be bubbling nicely after being fed and left overnight
- In a clean bowl, mix the flour, rapeseed oil and salt
- Add your sponge to the mixed ingredients and mix together with your hands. This is the messy bit, and your dough should be quick sticky
- Knead your dough until it is smooth
- Oil the sides of a clean bowl with a little rapeseed oil and pop the dough in the bowl
- Cover the bowl with clingfilm and leave the dough to rise until it’s about twice its size. This could be a couple of hours or all day in our case!
- When the dough has risen, it’s time to shape it and let it prove, for another 2-3 hours
- Baking the Loaf: When you’re ready to bake your loaf, preheat your oven to 250ºC
- Flour a baking sheet and turn your loaf out onto it. We use semolina instead of flour on our baking sheet
- When you’re ready to pop the loaf in the oven, flick water over the bottom of the oven to create steam. Or if you’ve got a water sprayer spritz the oven
- Pop the loaf in the oven and for 15 minutes
- After 15mins, reduce the temperature to 200ºC and bake for another 25 minutes
- To check your bread is baked, tap the bottom of your loaf and if it sounds hollow, you’re done. If not pop them back in for another 5 minutes
Nutrition
Serving: 1sliceCalories: 149kcalCarbohydrates: 29gProtein: 5gFat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 157mgFiber: 2g
DISCLAIMER
The nutritional information provided is approximate and is calculated using online tools. Information can vary depending on various factors, but we have endeavoured to be as accurate as possible.
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