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How To Make Sourdough Bread | My Basic Sourdough Recipe

Gareth Busby · busbysbakery.com · 1

Against 152 sourdough bread recipes

More salt than 76% of recipes and more starter than 75%.

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How it compares

Against the typical loaf: the median of 152 sourdough bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • More salt than 76% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2%.
  • More starter than 75% of recipes: 30% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 25%.
Starter: 30%, 76th percentileWater: 67%, 46th percentileSalt: 2.4%, 81st percentileFat: 0%, 43rd percentileSweetener: 0%, 41st percentileStarterWaterSaltFatSweetener
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (6)

  • 330g White bread flour330 g
  • 190g Water190 g
  • 100g Sourdough starter100 g
  • 30g Water30 g
  • 8g Salt8 g
  • A handful of rice flour (if you can find it) and some extra flour for dustingn/a

flour 330 gbatter 658 g

Baker's percentages

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 152 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Starter30% · 76th percentile
  • Water67% · 46th percentile
  • Salt2.4% · 81st percentile
  • Fat0% · 43rd percentile
  • Sweetener0% · 41st percentile

Oven

Temperature
475°F / 245°C
median 450°F
Time
5 to 10 minutes
median 30 minutes

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