Pick up the dough by the parchment paper and carefully set it in the dutch oven. Place a large deep roasting pan or stainless steel bowl or other oven safe bowl over the loaf when baking. Preheat your oven to 450 with your covered dutch oven inside. Put the lid on the pan and put it in the oven to bake for about 35 minutes. Note that some pots cannot be preheated empty so check with the manufacturer if you are unsure.
You can place a couple ice cubes between the parchment paper and the dutch oven to create steam inside the pan. The recommended temperature for most sourdough bread is about 240 c or 450 f. Preheat to 475 degrees f. For example if you are making a 1kg loaf flour water sourdough starter 1kg in total you will need a dutch oven that is at least 4qt or 4 litres in volume. I prefer a dutch oven with lots of thermal mass.
Carefully lift the bread out of the pot and place it on a rack to cool completely about 2 hours. This will help the bread rise even more. Quickly work the dough into a round shape so that it doesn t stick to your hands too much. Then place on a piece of parchment paper. Step 12 allow loaf to rise while oven is heating or until a fingertip pressed into the surface causes the dough to slowly fill back in.
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If your dutch oven can t withstand that heat preheat to 450. Once the oven is preheated turn the temperature down to 415 f. Generally speaking if you are making a white sourdough loaf buy a dutch oven that is at least 4 times its volume. This is the initial temperature that will be reduced later on. Using oven mitts remove the hot lid and continue baking until the bread is a deep golden brown about 20 30 minutes more.
Place your bread inside a clay pot casserole dish any large pot that is oven safe and has a securely fitting lid on it it won t be as good as a dutch oven but it will be better than not using one. Cut a piece of parchment paper big enough to overhang your loaf s circumference by a few inches. Any dutch oven or combo cooker will work for baking bread as long as its oven safe up to 450 f 232 c and has a tight fitting lid. It is very important to heat the oven and the dutch oven itself for about 30 minutes before putting the bread inside. Place your bread inside a clay pot casserole dish any large pot that is oven safe and has a securely fitting lid on it it won t be as good as a dutch oven but it will be better than not using one.
It is very important to heat the oven and the dutch oven itself for about 30 minutes before putting the bread inside. If your dutch oven can t withstand that heat preheat to 450. Preheat oven to 450 f with the dutch oven on the center rack. Carefully lift the bread out of the pot and place it on a rack to cool completely about 2 hours. You can place a couple ice cubes between the parchment paper and the dutch oven to create steam inside the pan.
Any dutch oven or combo cooker will work for baking bread as long as its oven safe up to 450 f 232 c and has a tight fitting lid. Pick up the dough by the parchment paper and carefully set it in the dutch oven.