How To Make A Perfect Round And Smooth Dough Ball

This is how you transform an ugly blob of dough into a perfect round and smooth dough ball, all using your hands without any tools. The techniques shown work for any bread dough, sourdough and also pizza. This is very handy to start the bulk fermentation with a smooth dough, or in the end to create a rounder dough ball. Flour I am using: Blog article on different flours in Germany: https://thbrco.io/blog-flour Drax Mühle Manitoba flour 14% protein: https://thbrco.io/drax-flour For ze Germans - T550 at Rewe 11-12% protein: https://thbrco.io/rewe-aurora Mulino Padano 15% protein: https://thbrco.io/mulino-flour Strong whole wheat flour: https://thbrco.io/whole-wheat-flour Follow me here too: Github: https://thbrco.io/github Instagram: https://thbrco.io/instagram My blog: https://thbrco.io/blog My website: https://thbrco.io/homepage Reddit: https://thbrco.io/reddit Subscribe to my newsletter: https://thbrco.io/newsletter Telegram: https://thbrco.io/telegram Tiktok: https://thbrco.io/tiktok Support me/Merchandise: Get my starter Bread Pitt: https://thbrco.io/my-starter The bread themed T-Shirts/Hoodies I designed and wear: https://thbrco.io/bread-shirts-hoodies Tools: Banneton proofing basket (25cm length, 15cm width, 8.5cm height): https://thbrco.io/banneton Cooling rack: https://thbrco.io/cooling-rack Digital kitchen scale: https://thbrco.io/kitchen-scale Dough scraper: https://thbrco.io/dough-scraper Dutch oven for batards (Challenger Bread Pan): https://thbrco.io/dutch-oven-batards Dutch oven round (Lodge): https://thbrco.io/dutch-oven-round Dutch oven with glas lid (Brovn) - BREADCODE = 5% off: https://thbrco.io/dutch-oven-glas-lid Infrared thermometer: https://thbrco.io/infared-meter Loaf pan (30cm length x 12cm width x 9cm height): https://thbrco.io/loaf-pan-regular Loaf pan with lid (34cm length, 13cm width, 12cm height): https://thbrco.io/loaf-pan-lid No stick spray (vegetable based): https://thbrco.io/non-stick-spray Oven gloves: https://thbrco.io/oven-gloves pH meter to check acidity: https://thbrco.io/ph-meter Weck starter jars: https://thbrco.io/weck-jars Useful videos: Debaked ep. 1 - Pizza journey to Napoli: https://thbrco.io/debaked-napoli Debaked ep. 2 - Journey to a flour mill: https://thbrco.io/debaked-flour-mill Discard starter bread: https://thbrco.io/discard-starter-bread Fermentation time table: https://thbrco.io/fermentation-time-table Make a sourdough starter: https://thbrco.io/make-sourdough-starter Make your starter more active: https://thbrco.io/more-active-starter Recommend sourdough bread recipe: https://thbrco.io/sourdough-recipe Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:30 Round dough ball 3:17 Surface of dough tearing 3:42 Overdone preshaping #sourdough #doughball