Rustic Loaf

Prep time: 20 min, 1 hr 30 min rise time
Bake time: 55 min

Ingredients-

• 700 g all-purpose flour 
• 300 g whole wheat flour 
• 20 g / 2 tbsp. coarse salt 
• 10 g / 1 tbsp. dry active yeast 
• 570 g warm water, 40°C 
• 10 g butter for the baker 

Directions-

1. Heat the water to around 40°C. 
2. Mix the flour, salt and dried yeast in a mixing bowl. 
3. Pour in the warm water and knead together into a smooth ball of dough. 
4. Cover the bowl with a cloth and leave to rise for 30 minutes at room temperature. 
5. Grease and sprinkle flour over the inside of the loaf baker. 
6. Knead the dough again by hand to release the carbon dioxide. 
7. Shape it into a cylinder and place in the loaf baker. 
8. Put the lid on top and leave to rise for 60 minutes at room temperature. 
9. Pre-heat the oven to 240°C / Gas mark 8. 
10. Brush the top of the loaf with water. 
11. Sprinkle flour over the shaped dough and make incisions in the surface about ½ cm deep, without pressing down too hard. 
12. Put the lid on and place in the pre-heated oven. 
13. Bake for 45 minutes at 240-260°C. 
14. Leave to cool for 5-10 minutes out of the oven, then remove from the loaf baker.