the first loaf I'm somewhat proud of
after my first attempt approx. 4 years ago( https://www.reddit.com/r/Sourdough/s/aQo6Zrx3kK) I've started my sourdough journey again again and this(my third one) is the first loaf I'm proud of.
It could use a little more cooking time but the crust was starting to darken a little too much for my tastes as it already started to develop a mild bitterness I really don't like. it didn't help that I forgot to turn down the oven after removing the water tray lol(no Dutch oven).
500g Manitoba flour
325g water
100g starter
12g salt
1/2 spoon of white sugar (not the imperial kind of spoon, like a metal spoon, the ikea ones)
i don't remember the timings I followed because that same day I was cooking a lot of stuff for my sister's birthday so I got distracted often and 30mins often turned into 1h and such but this is a general overview of what I did:
mixed everything together and let it rest for about 40mins then 3 rounds of folds with an average of 45min intervals(this was the most inconsistent part) then let it bulk ferment for 5/6 hours untouched.
then I rolled it up(don't remember the technique name but the classic way) and put it in a bowl with a towel and some flour sprinkled and threw it in the fridge overnight for about 11/12 hrs.
the day after I removed it from the fridge, used a razor blade to score it and put it in static oven which I preheated to 220C with a stone I stole from my shell pizza oven and a water tray inside. I cooked it for 20mins while spraying it every 5mins with water on top then removed the water tray and cooked it for 18 minutes more(I had a 20min timer but my ahh was too impatient to wait) after those I put it on an elevated grill so that it could cool down.