Is this an ok, easy recipe for beginners?

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Hello everyone!

I made some alterations to a recipe for a friend that only has 000 type flour. Will it work, is the preferment quantity ok? Thanks in advance!

Preferment:

20 gr sourdough starter

90 gr white flour 000

90 gr water

Dough

600 gr white flour 000

350 gr water (+/- 20 gr)

 

14 gr salt

Hydration is 64 % - 67%

Final dough weight: 1150 gr

 

Steps:

Let preferment do its thing for 12 h

Autolyse 30 minutes

Mix and knead everything in bowl

Bulk fermentation 2h-2h30, SF every hour

Preshape, 15 min rest, Final shape

Final proofing 2h-2h30

 

Have a great weekend everyone!

Ade

 

 

 

If your starter is not two months or older 20 gram is to little `I would think. 
Maybe 40 gram would be better. 

Hello, hello!

Below are pictures of the loaf following the above mentioned recipe, with the suggested 40 gr of starter, 80 gr white flour + 80 gr water.

It is fluffy and chewy in the good way, a perfect vehicle for butter.

Now...lovely bread, but I would like to take a shot at guessing what went slightly not according to plan.

I think my friend might have either:

a. not proofed it enough

b. not degassing it and shaping it loosely (also, the proofing basket is the pyrex bakeware lined with towels, might not have put enough towels )

c. my friends have a wood stove oven and it's pretty picky. About 15 minutes after it went in, it hadn't rose very much and the deep cuts were just wide. And then we added another wood and I think that's were it kicked off.

d. maybe too deep scoring

e. all of the above

f. none of the above.

Anyway, having a great time exploring sourdough and this forum is just pure gold.

Have a lovely day.

Ade

Looks a nice loaf. 
Working a wood oven is a whole separate skill set. 
You need a lot of heat right from the start for a good oven spring.