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Multi-purpose White Sourdough

I call this multi-purpose as you can use this dough for all sorts of breads. Make up the dough and keep it in a plastic container in the fridge taking some out when needed. You can use it for Ciabatta type bread rolls, Foccacia, Pizza base, Panne Fritti, Flat Bread. While the dough is not exactly how I would make the dough if I was making that specific recipe, this dough is a versatile alternative that can make the bread of your choice at short notice.
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Equipment

  • Stand mixer with dough hook

Ingredients
  

  • For the leaven
  • 100 g Sourdough starter
  • 50 g Flour T65
  • 50 ml Warm water
  • 300 ml Warm water
  • 40 ml Olive Oil
  • 300 g Strong White Flour or T65
  • 200 g Semolina
  • 10 g Salt

Instructions
 

Set the leaven

  • Put the sourdough starter in the mixing bowl and add the 50ml water. Use a spatula to mix the starter into the water. Add the T65 flour and mix with the spatula. Cover with a cloth and leave for 2 hours.

The Autolyse

  • Add 300ml water and mix the leaven with the spatula. Add the while flour, semolina and olive oil and then mix with the dough hook for 5 minutes, first slowly for 2 minutes and then at medium speed for 3 minutes.
  • Cover the bowl wih cloth and leave to rest for 2 hours.

Proofing

  • Sprinkle the salt on the surface of the dough and mix with dough hook for 8 minutes.
  • Transfer the dough to an oiled bowl or round plastic tub with a lid. The bowl should be large enough to allow expandion of up to 2 1/2 times the volume of the original dough. Cover the bowl with cloth and allow to rise for 1 or 2 hours.
  • Cover the bowl with a linen cloth or cotton cover or lid if using a plastic tub and put in the fridge overnight. The dough will continue to rise whilst in the fridge but more slowly. It can be kept in the fridge for a few days. As the dough gets used, transfer into a smaller container.

Notes

Using the dough
Follow the finishing section of the various recipes for shaping and baking the bread
Ciabatta
Focaccia or Fougasse
Flat Bread
Panne Fritti
Pizza
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