Sourdough Bread
Description
The recipe won't take much time. If you want to make healthy bread, you need to prepare in advance—make a wheat sourdough starter. It's not difficult at all, but baked goods based on sourdough are more nutritious, aromatic, and keep longer than yeast-based ones. If you'd like to make the bread more flavorful, add some raisins or chopped nuts into the dough, gently mixing until uniform. Serve with tea or coffee.
Instructions
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Step 1
To prepare the starter, mix the starter with room-temperature water and sifted flour. Cover and leave at room temperature for 8–10 hours.
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Step 2
Dilute the starter with room temperature water, mix well, and add salt and sugar. Pour the diluted starter into the mixer bowl, add the sifted flour, and knead for one minute at the lowest speed. Turn off the mixer.
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Step 3
Without opening the lid, let the dough rest for 10 minutes. Add the olive oil and continue kneading at the second speed for another five minutes. Shape the dough into a ball, transfer it to a bowl greased with vegetable oil, and cover with plastic wrap.
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Step 4
Leave the dough for 3 hours at room temperature. Lightly flour the work surface, place the dough on it and round it up. Divide the dough into 8 pieces and shape each into a ball.
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Step 5
Grease a bread pan with vegetable oil and place the dough balls one by one into the pan in an upright position, slightly pressing each one. Cover the pan with a lid and let it rest for 2 hours. Spray the bread with water and bake in a preheated oven at 200 degrees for 10 minutes.
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Step 6
Then reduce the temperature to 180 degrees and bake for another 45 minutes. Completely cool the bread on a wire rack.