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Add all the ingredients to a bowl and mix until you have a wet, sticky dough.
Cover the bowl with a tea towel and leave to rise for 1 hour. It should now have doubled in size with bubbles on the surface. You can leave it longer if you wish.
Using a spoon bring the edges in until it roughly forms a large ball. Then dust a surface with some flour and scrap the dough on to the surface. Using your hands, spoon or bread scraper, gently form a ball. Do not over fold and do not knead. You want the dough to be slightly loose so do not add more flour.
Place some parchment paper in a bowl and place the dough inside and cover. Leave to rest for a further 15mins on the countertop.
Meanwhile preheat the oven to 230c.
Place a dutch oven, an oven proof pan or a bread tin in the oven and leave to heat up for 10mins.
Remove the pot from the oven and place the parchment paper and dough inside. Dust the dough with some flour and score how you like but you don't have to. Now cover. This is important. Try to cover with an oven save lid or another bowl on top rather than foil. Even a baking sheet will work. Bake for 30mins.
Now remove the lid and continue to bake for 10mins. Remove from oven, leave to rest until its no longer too hot before you cut it. This will prevent it going gummy!