About 20 minutes before your bread is ready to bake, preheat your oven to 220 degrees and place your dome in the oven. Many people just use a baking stone to bake their bread in, but you get the very best result from using a Dutch oven or a La Cloche baking dome. It is the way in which the steam circulates around the bread, whist it is baking that gives your bread a fantastic crust, even bake and better oven spring. It really does make all the difference.
Once your oven has reached 220 degrees, remove your cloche / Dutch oven from the oven carefully making sure not to...
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