Sourdough/bread making

busterbenny2001

So I’m having a go at home baking some 100% organic sourdough.
Using the bakers apprentice as a guide.

                                                                               

Ordered a couple of baskets online and my starter or mother is ready to use tomorrow so next step is 2 day San Francisco sourdough.

Any tips anyone made any successful attempts at sourdough?

busterbenny2001

Firm starter has been made from the mother, now proving overnight before making the final dough, 6 days prep so far hope the loaf is worth it!!

At least the mother starter is always ready now just needs feeding every few days.

Will update tomorrow hopefully with a half decent looking loaf!

busterbenny2001

Started at 7 and 5 hours later 4 loaves on final proof

2 San Fancisco sourdough in the bannetons and 2 cheddar potato and onion torpedos !!

Long process but looking forward to end result this evening
                                                                                 
                                                                                 
                                                                       

busterbenny2001

Need smellovision for this one just,out of the oven the aroma of cheese caramelised onion and yeasty goodness is a killer won’t be long until I slice one of these open

                                                                       

prezzy

Look good - been making sourdough loaves for a bit now.

Tend to bung some starter and flour in a bowl and leave overnight then add more flour and salt then knead in the morning and leave in proving basket while am at work - bung in the oven when I get home and done.

Pretty simple once you have the starter going to just feed it every couple of days.

busterbenny2001

The future is definitely proving overnight, retarding in the fridge then baking in the morning.

First 100% sourdough came out lovely looking we will try it this evening, hopefully will get this perfected before making a big wood fired oven outside to bake all this lovely bread in

                                                                       

PsyVision

I think the only real test is for you to post some out to us pronto

prezzy

It will be delicious - sourdough is a revelation for me not sure I will eat any other sort of bread ever again.  Haven't for months.

Making pizzas I switch it up between sourdough and normal pizza dough, can make normal pizza dough and get it sorted in a few hours.  Sourdough takes a little more planning.  Sourdough is the tastiest though.

I believe sourdough is also better for digestion etc   Most normal shop bought bread starts my ibs to flare up not so with sourdough!

Why is sourdough bread the healthiest bread?

busterbenny2001

You were not wrong it really was something special, although I own a bakery we don’t really do a lot of sourdough, more standard loaves but as I enjoy baking it’s a good challenge, next on the list is chilli and cheese, and also walnut and blue cheese.

Greg Hook

I can't have yeast anymore so have tried sourdough from Waitrose, they do one which has no added yeast at all, it's a bit drier than normal bread, but as I can't have that kind of bread anymore, it's not too bad. It's a lot nicer than rye bread anyway.

Yeast free bread is a very rare thing to find!