With these 10 simple tips you will become better at handling very wet high hydration sourdough. Baking wet dough will create amazing bread but also makes the whole process much more challenging, as the dough is super sticky. To help me handle dough like this, we will be looking at my top 10 list of tips and tricks.

Flour I am using:
Blog article on different flours in Germany: https://thbrco.io/blogflour'>https://thbrco.io/blogflour
Drax Mühle Manitoba flour 14% protein: https://thbrco.io/draxflour
For ze Germans T550 at Rewe 1112% protein: https://thbrco.io/reweaurora
Mulino Padano 15% protein: https://thbrco.io/mulinoflour
Strong whole wheat flour: https://thbrco.io/wholewheatflour

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Tools:
Banneton proofing basket (25cm length, 15cm width, 8.5cm height): https://thbrco.io/banneton
Cooling rack: https://thbrco.io/coolingrack
Digital kitchen scale: https://thbrco.io/kitchenscale
Dough scraper: https://thbrco.io/doughscraper
Dutch oven for batards (Challenger Bread Pan): https://thbrco.io/dutchovenbatards
Dutch oven round (Lodge): https://thbrco.io/dutchovenround
Dutch oven with glas lid (Brovn) BREADCODE = 5% off: https://thbrco.io/dutchovenglaslid
Infrared thermometer: https://thbrco.io/infaredmeter
Loaf pan (30cm length x 12cm width x 9cm height): https://thbrco.io/loafpanregular
Loaf pan with lid (34cm length, 13cm width, 12cm height): https://thbrco.io/loafpanlid
No stick spray (vegetable based): https://thbrco.io/nonstickspray
Oven gloves: https://thbrco.io/ovengloves
pH meter to check acidity: https://thbrco.io/phmeter
Weck starter jars: https://thbrco.io/weckjars

Useful videos:
Debaked ep. 1 Pizza journey to Napoli: https://thbrco.io/debakednapoli
Debaked ep. 2 Journey to a flour mill: https://thbrco.io/debakedflourmill
Discard starter bread: https://thbrco.io/discardstarterbread
Fermentation time table: https://thbrco.io/fermentationtimet...
Make a sourdough starter: https://thbrco.io/makesourdoughstarter
Make your starter more active: https://thbrco.io/moreactivestarter
Recommend sourdough bread recipe: https://thbrco.io/sourdoughrecipe

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:15 Choose the right flour
2:28 How much water for your flour?
4:40 Healthy and active sourdough starter
5:09 Develop dough strength
6:50 Finish bulk fermentation on time
8:09 Avoiding preshaping
9:05 Make your banneton non stick
9:46 Proper shaping technique
12:16 Using the the fridge
13:25 Scoring a wet dough
15:58 Home oven setup for maximum steam
19:45 The final result
19:58 Crumbshot
20:03 Outro

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