White bread loaf

Ingredients

• 500g (bread) flour
• 375g water
• 7g dry yeast
• 5g salt

Method

1. Put everything in the stand mixer, mix on medium for ~10 minutes.
2. Cover and let rise for 1 - 1 1/2 hours.
3. Shape into tight loaf, put in well floured proofing basket, cover and let rise.
4. After 40 minutes, turn oven on to 220C and put in cast iron pot with lid to heat up.
5. After 20 more minutes the dough should have finished proofing. Carefully place in the hot pot, then put in the oven with the lid on.
6. After 20 minutes, take the lid off, reduce the heat to 180 and cook for 20 - 25 more minutes.
7. Take loaf out of pot and allow to cool on wire rack for at least 1 hour before cutting.

Options

Replace up to half the flour with wholewheat flour. For every 10g of wholewheat flour used, add an extra 5g of water.