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Bread with sourdough

Basic loaf recipe. Easy to prepare. Delicious, soft and flaky.

Ingredients
  

  • 550 g flour (KBL 100 + BL80)
  • 90 g icing sugar
  • 2 package vanilla sugar
  • 1/2 grated lemon zest (can be omitted)
  • 3 db Egg
  • 2,5 dl cream or milk
  • 150 g active leaven
  • 100 g melted butter
  • 1 tweets salt

Instructions
 

  • Mix the wet ingredients: cream, melted butter, eggs, sourdough.
  • Then sift the flour, add the sugars, a pinch of salt and the grated zest of a lemon. Knead the dough.
  • Place in a greased baking dish and let rest for an hour.
  • Fold the dough three times an hour with a petal fold.
  • When the last, third fold is done, let the dough rest for 1 hour and then put it in the fridge to rise for about 12 hours.
  • Remove from the fridge and leave the dough to temper for 1-2 hours.
  • Divide the dough according to the spinning technique. I'm going to do a six-piece braid, so I divided it into six dumplings. Cover and leave to rest for an hour.
  • Now the shaping, roll out the dumplings, roll them up and roll them into long, belly-shaped snakes, then braid the dough.
  • When ready, brush with a beaten egg and leave to rise for four to five hours at room temperature.
  • Preheat the oven, while brushing once more with the beaten egg.
  • Baking: bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for about 40-50 minutes on the bottom - top baking programme. Care should be taken as the time required depends on the oven.

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