Thankyou so much for this lesson. I’ve been making bread for years and always received kind words, however my bread never looked artisan and the crust was never hard and crunchy. Using your directions and a Lodge (American) cast iron Dutch oven or casserole, I have just taken the loaf which looks like it is from heaven from my oven. Note: my bread recipe was a basic one I use which includes a 15 hour starter ( poolish) I do a little cheat my making the dough in the bread making machine for 45 mins. Australia.

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