Sourdough Bread
An Introduction
Sourdough bread is where the joy of baking and marvel of natural processes collide to form an incredible food. The fermentation process that dough is put through in effort to make sourdough unlocks amazing nutrition from flour that would otherwise be neglected.
Artisan and home sourdough bakers have been rapidly increasing in number. Alongside that, the realization continues to grow that commercial yeast and industrial bread manufacturing have severe shortcomings.
We’re on a mission to bring more people to see the benefits of real bread, and help spread the love of creating authentic loaves for sharing.
Learning the Basics of Sourdough
Baking bread can be tricky for anybody. When it comes to sourdough, this is brought to another level of complicated. There are many factors to be taken into account when aiming for a perfect loaf. Even the pros mess up from time to time. There’s no shame in failing your first attempts. Your mistakes can make you a better baker if you let them. To help make your learning easier, we’ve outlined some resources that should be useful while starting out.
How to Make a Sourdough Starter
By Joshua Wall
When it comes to understanding the amazing benefits of sourdough, one must begin by comprehending basic aspects of sourdough starter. Without a doubt, starter is the most important element to the whole baking process. Without it you won’t enjoy rising bread or fermentation. It’s the key to any good sourdough loaf. This is my straightforward basic level guide on creating your own from scratch. No extra fluff, nothing complicated. It gets right down to business in a way you can follow along to and get baking amazing bread!
This is one of the most highly reviewed sourdough guides on the internet. As we’ve mentioned earlier, things can easily get overwhelming when approaching sourdough for the first time. We were once in the position of not knowing anything about the process too. So, we understand the value of a good bread tutorial. Emilie’s homemade sourdough bread recipe is spot on, and it’s easy to comprehend and follow along. If you don’t succeed the first time, keep trying! The end results are worth every bit of effort. We totally agree with her point: “sourdough bread is more than just a recipe… it’s an understanding.” So go ahead and dive in! It’s a learning process that you won’t regret!
Incorporating Flavor in Your Loaves
Freshly made, basic sourdough bread is amazing. However, don’t let a plain recipe stop your creativity! Sourdough bread is ready for the adding of many different ingredients, and countless flavor variations. Even changing up your baking process can have a dramatic impact on the taste. Long cold ferments can draw out much more in sourdough than normal one day recipes.
Ways to incorporate flavor can be chalked up to these main areas: fermentation length, flour type, and added ingredients. For “normal” sourdough, added ingredients can be anything such as various oils, seeds, dried herbs, fruits, legumes, nuts, meats, and cheeses. Once you change out the water for milk, or incorporate refined sugars, etc. this may be considered (by some) as outside of “normal” sourdough bread territory.
Sourdough Bread Recipes With Add-Ins
