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Olive, Gouda & Dill Sourdough

Ingredients
  

Sourdough Starter Feeding

  • 20 grams starter
  • 30 grams medium rye flour
  • 70 grams bread flour
  • 100 grams room temp Poland spring water

Sourdough Bread

  • 300 grams room temp water
  • 100 grams active starter
  • 450 grams bread flour
  • 10 grams kosher salt
  • 120 grams cubed gouda cheese
  • 80 grams olives, dried and cut in half
  • 2.5 grams fresh dill, chopped

Instructions
 

Starter

  • Mix all and keep in a warm spot. For me that was inside my microwave with a cup of boiling water next to it.
  • Time how long it takes to double so you know. Mine had been taking 12 hours but as it got stronger it became more like 8 hours.

Sourdough Bread

  • Mix starter with water. Add flour and salt. Combine into a shaggy dough and cover 30 mins.
  • Do 20 slap and folds. Rest 1 hour.
  • Do stretch and folds, adding olives, cheese & dill. Rest 1 hour.
  • Do final stretch and folds. Transfer to an oiled cambro container and use a rubberband to mark where it begins. Let it bulk ferment until almost doubled but not quite! (I keep it in the microwave next to a cup of hot water-75-80° Remember bulk ferment begins when you mix the starter!) This loaf took much longer to bf than my regular loaf. My regular loaf is usually 9 hours. This loaf took 15 hours.
  • Do first shaping by releasing dough onto a floured surface. Pull edges in (like a stretch and fold) to form a ball. Cup and fold to build tension. Flip over and let rest uncovered 30 mins.
  • Flip over and fold like a letter into center. Do a tension roll and fold side edges over. Cup/fold and lay seam side up into a banneton coated with rice flour. Place in fridge covered until the next day. 24 hours is great but 34-36 will have even more sour flavor.
  • Flip out onto parchment and rub top with rice flour. Score with a bread lame. Bake in a 3 quart dutch oven at 475 for 20 minutes with lid on. Remove lid and bake 20 mins more until 208-210℉ internally. (*Tip: to prevent a dark bottom, add a cookie sheet under the dutch oven for the last 20 mins.)
  • Cool at least an hour before slicing or it may be gummy.