Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, super retarded wholemeal sourdough. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Super retarded wholemeal sourdough is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Super retarded wholemeal sourdough is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

With wholemeal flour you don't get a huge additional rise during the baking phase but that's the nature of the flour. All it takes to make it look really attractive is a couple of slashes after the proofing stage. Bear in mind that different brands of wholemeal/wholewheat flour will require different amounts.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook super retarded wholemeal sourdough using 5 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Super retarded wholemeal sourdough:

1. Make ready spelt flour
2. Prepare strong wholemeal flour
3. Prepare active sourdough starter
4. Make ready salt
5. Take water (straight from tap, not warm)

This bread is made with pure sourdough starter (levain), which produces bread with a more rustic and denser crumb, with bigger holes and a thicker, chewier crust. I like baking it to a darker crust, which promotes the development of dark chocolate flavors. You can make sourdough bread with many different types of flour, however, if you're brand new to sourdough, I recommend using all-purpose flour. It far less finicky to use than Einkorn or whole wheat, and it will rise more consistently for your first attempts.

Steps to make Super retarded wholemeal sourdough:

1. Mix all of the ingredients well
2. Leave to sit for 30 mins
3. Knead really well - until passes windowpane test and smooth/shiny.
4. Cover the bowl (must have space to rise)
5. Leave at room temperature for 2 hours
6. Place in the fridge to continue bulk fermentation for 24 hours
7. Remove from fridge and shape into desired shape, using a minimal ammount of flour
8. Leave to prove for another 3 hours at room temperature until well risen
9. Preheat oven to max for 30 mins
10. Slash the dough and place in the oven on your baking surface of choice
11. Immediately turn oven down to 200C (fan)
12. If using a tin, bake for 20 mins in tin, then bash out and place directly on oven shelf for a further 20

You can venture into the fancier flours once you get the hang of a simple loaf. Great recipe for Retarded Spelt Bread (with special kneads).. Whilst making wholemeal loaves I have been experimenting with adding a couple of ladles of wheat sourdough starter to the mix, along with the usual dried active yeast. The sourdough starter enhances the flavour and helps things to rise a bit more. A friend sent me this soft sourdough wholemeal bread recipe and shared her experience baking it.

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