I decided to try a different method for the weekly sourdough. For some reason, recent loaves have been a bit dense, even when using all white flour. This time I've tried some different flour and a different method. I used Shipton Mill flour (bought from local artisan bread shop 'The Loaf' when we enjoyed scrumptious pizza's at their weekly pizza night), and Laura Hart's sourdough recipe and method (click here for this). It makes quite a wet dough and is really easy to make. It feels a bit like cheating because you don't actually do any kneading, it's all in the stretch and fold method, which I did in the mixing bowl so there was less washing up. I did have a bit of a hiccough when I came to tip the dough into the 'La Cloche' because it stuck to the basket, so I had to scrape it out and then reshape it and then prove it again for about an hour (in a very well floured basket). This time it plopped easily out of the basket and after a quick slashing across the top, it was bunged in the oven. It did look as if was going to spread out and become a bit flat so I was quite pleased to see that it had risen quite a lot. I'm looking forward to trying it later today when the family come around for tea. Now I just have to make a cake of some sort.....