

After the 5th attempt, a somewhat decent sourdough loaf!
Hello everyone!
This is my 5th attempt in sourdough making. The other 4 tries were very bad, and I’m not sure exactly what happened, but it didn’t really grow in bulk fermentation nor in cold proof (I have a slight suspicion that i should’ve left in the the count to bulk ferment for more than 6 hours)
I don’t have a dutch oven nor a baton, only my will to make sourdough.
I fed my starter in the morning in 1:3:2 ratio (starter:flour:water) and the next day it was very active (it was cold here in my city). I mixed the water, starter and flour for about 8 minutes before waiting 30 minutes for the first set of stretches and folds (this is one thing that i did differently than the other tries, i saw that tip on a tiktok video). I did 3 stretch and fold sequences 30 min from each other, after pre-shaping twice, it stayed in the fridge for 17h.
I baked in a stainless steel baking tray at 240 °C dor about 40 minutes then 20 min with it uncovered.
Please, if you have any tips for a beginner like me, let me know!
This is the recipe I used (I used only 60% of all the ingredients)
325g water
100g starter
500g flour (13g protein content)
10g salt