One of my favorite sourdough tasting breads is an easy one
take 3 and 2/3 cups of bread flour
add 2 TB sugar
add 1 3/4 tsp salt
add 1 pkg of dry yeast, I prefer the SAF yeast.
To this add 3/4 cup of beer (doesn't have to be flat, the ales are best)
3/4 cup of water (warm)
1 and 1/2 TB of vinegar (recipe calls for white, I like Balsamic)
mix - mixture should hold together
oil top and set aside for 18 hrs in a plastic bag (this allows it to rise and if it hits the plastic bag, it doesn't stick) (I use spray oil) (can go 20 hrs)
punch down, form into loaf size, place in a oiled bread loaf pan and spray top again. ( or form a boule)
Let rise 2 hrs.
Cook for 45-50 minutes in 350 oven. (or preheat oven to 400, and turn to 350 when you put the bread in) - remove when internal temp of bread equals 200 degrees, as I recall.
This is a variation of the almost no=knead bread, and can be found in some variant on
www.breadtopia.com where there are excellent videos of the process.
http://www.breadtopia.com/cooks-illu...most-no-knead/
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