European Peasant Loaf from Artisan in 5

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. Next time I make this, I will go back to another shaping method because handling wet sticky dough up in the air while trying to dust it with flour and making a boule out of it wasn't working too well for me. I love the idea of being able to make the dough and then it sitting in the fridge until I want it.

I have an experiment in mind combining Tartine's recipes, DaBrownMan's Bran sourdough starter, and this method, but I will create another post for that. In the meantime, here are the two loaves shortly after coming out of the oven.