Freda’s Peanut Butter Sourdough

Freda’s Peanut Butter Sourdough

Ingredients

75g active starter
225ml water
500g strong white bread flour
200g Freda’s Smooth Original Peanut Butter

Process

  1. Mix all ingredients together in a medium sized bowl, cover and leave to stand for one hour.
  2. Pull the dough with a series of stretches in the bowl until it forms a tight ball. Repeat the pull and stretch every hour 3 more times, covering after each set.
  3. Leave to prove on the work bench for 8 to 10 hours or until doubled in size, this will depend on how warm your kitchen is.
  4. Next, gently pull the dough into a smooth ball, keeping it in the bowl while you do this.
  5. Dust a banneton with rice flour and gently place the dough, smooth side down into the banneton, cover and put in the fridge to firm up for at least 6 hours, the longer you leave it, the more flavour the dough has (no longer than 24 hours though).
  6. Remove dough from banneton by inverting onto a sheet of baking parchment and place gently into a Dutch oven or lidded casserole.
  7. Bake at 210c from a cold start for 50 minutes. When time is up, remove the lid, if you like your bread darker in colour, replace to the oven without the lid for a further 5 to 7 minutes. Enjoy!
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