Sourdough Bread

 Sourdough Bread

2/3 cup sour starter
1.5 cups warm water
1 tbs Fustinis Garlic Olive Oil

Stir together until like soup

3 cups bread flour

Mix by hand or wooden spoon until mixed but clumpy - cover wet towel WAIT 45 MIN

Add 1 tbs salt and FOLD 8 TIMES  -- cover wet towel WAIT 30 MIN

FOLD and STRETCH 8 TIMES  -- cover wet towel WAIT 30 MIN

FOLD and STRETCH 8 TIMES -- flatten out on counter ** and fold over itself form in ball. 

**this is when you can add cheese or other flavors and then fold into ball

Option 1: Leave on counter 3 or 4 hours if it's warm (or put in warm oven after baking something else)
Shape and flour. Preheat oven 450 with dutch oven in oven to heat up. When oven is at 450 take dutch oven out. Put parchment paper in dutch oven place bread in dutch oven and scour the top. Bake in covered dutch oven 20 min at 400. 40 min uncovered at 400. Total 60 min.

Option 2: Cover and put in refrigerator overnight. flatten out on counter ** and fold over itself form in ball.  **this is when you can add cheese or other flavors and then fold into ball. Shape and flour. Leave on counter covered for 1 hour. Preheat oven 450 with dutch oven in oven to heat up. When oven is at 450 take dutch oven out. Put parchment paper in dutch oven place bread in dutch oven and scour the top. Bake in covered dutch oven 20 min at 400. 40 min uncovered at 400. Total 60 min.

Put on cooling rack for at least 1 hour to cool before cutting into it.