Choc Chip Discard Sourdough

Choc Chip Discard Sourdough

Makes one loaf of Sourdough

Ingredients

500g flour

365g water

125g sourdough discard

15g salt

1cup choc chips

Method

  1. Mix water and discard in a bowl, then add in your flour and salt and combine to a shaggy dough

  2. Let rest for 1 hour

  3. Add in your choc chips, wet your hands, and complete stretch and folds: grab one edge of the dough and stretch and fold to the other side of the dough, repeat this for all sides of the bowl until dough feels firm to pull, first round I do 4 stretch and folds. You want to repeat this another 4 times approximately every 30minutes

  4. NOTE: you don’t want to rip the dough

  5. Let rest for another hour on the bench covered

    NOTE: after step 4. you can proof in the fridge overnight or 12 hrs OR for same day sourdough leave on bench until doubled in size

    How to know your dough is ready?

  6. Laminate your dough into a rectangle on the bench, and then fold into a log, then roll your log to a ball, shape with a push and pull motion

  7. Let rest on the bench for 20min

  8. Complete step 5 again, this time your dough will be more firm, be gentle to not rip the dough, place into a banneton for a cold proof in the fridge for 2 hours.

  9. Preheat your oven with your Dutch oven inside to 260deg

  10. Complete an expansion score on your loaf

  11. Place in Dutch oven on baking paper, cook for 35min with the lid on, then reduce oven temp to 200deg with the lid off for 20minutes

  12. Let cool for 1hr before cutting