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I received Artisan Bread  in Five Minutes a Day from a friend as a thank you and decided to give it a shot with the European Peasant Loaf. I was very pleasantly surprised at the results. I followed the outlined method pretty closely aside from throwing in a tablespoon of sourdough starter in addition to the yeast (1tbsp) and baking it in a dutch oven rather than on a stone with steam.

I used Tartine's Ode to Bourdon quantities and types of flour but followed dabrownman's suggestions for getting a lighter crumb and better oven rise. Well, the oven rise definitely worked, however, the crumb was very similar to the one I got using Robertson's extended autolyse. This one was a tad lighter but not by much. This might have been my fault as I think I cut the bulk ferment by one hour and the retarded proof by 3 due to work commitments. Anyhow, here is what I did: