Sourdough Bread/2022.02
Chocolate and Coffee Sourdough Bread
A loaf for February. Dark chocolate and coffee folded into a sourdough dough.
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Sourdough Bread/2021.11
Sourdough Ciabatta: Working with a Wet Dough
Ciabatta means slipper in Italian, and the flat shape gave it the name. A high-hydration dough, handled gently, baked with sourdough.
Sourdough Bread/2021.10
Sourdough Pumpkin Bread
Autumn arrives in the vegetable aisle before it arrives outside. A sourdough loaf made with roasted pumpkin.
Sourdough Bread/2021.08
Baking Sourdough Bread with Coffee
What happens when you replace the water in a sourdough loaf with brewed coffee.
Sourdough Bread/2021.08
Simple Rye Sourdough Bread: The Recipe I Settled On
After a lot of trial and error, the rye sourdough recipe I now use. Straightforward, forgiving, and reliable.
Sourdough Bread/2021.07
Moving House and Sourdough: Rye, Pita and Walnut Raisin
A move, a new kitchen, and three loaves baked while the boxes were still unpacked.
Sourdough Bread/2020.11
An Ordinary Day of Baking Sourdough
Nothing unusual. Just the loaf I bake when there is nothing to prove.
Sourdough Bread/2020.10
An Everyday Loaf, After a While Away
Coming back to the oven after a break, and finding the rhythm again.
Sourdough Bread/2020.08
Sourdough in the Height of Summer
Warm weather speeds everything up. Adjusting a sourdough schedule for midsummer.
Sourdough Bread/2020.07
Sourdough with Homemade Bacon and Cheese
Homemade bacon and cheese baked into a sourdough loaf. A meal in itself.
Sourdough Bread/2020.07
Baking Sourdough on Hot Days
Notes from baking through a run of hot days, when the dough moves faster than you do.
Sourdough Bread/2020.06
How to Score Sourdough Bread
Scoring decides how a loaf opens in the oven. The angle, the depth, and the pleasure of the cut.
Sourdough Bread/2020.06
Why My Sourdough Didn't Rise
A flat loaf is worth reading. Working backwards from a failure to find what went wrong.
Sourdough Bread/2020.05
Four Things That Made My Sourdough Better
Four small changes that made the biggest difference to how my loaves turned out.
Sourdough Bread/2020.05
Small Improvements to My Everyday Sourdough
A few adjustments to the everyday loaf, and what changed in the crumb.
Sourdough Bread/2020.05
Refining My Sourdough Recipe
Changing one variable at a time to find out what actually matters.
Sourdough Bread/2020.05
Experiments in Scoring Sourdough
Trying different blades, angles and patterns to see how the loaf responds.
Sourdough Bread/2020.05
Working Out a Rye Sourdough Recipe
Notes from the middle of the process, before the rye recipe settled down.
Sourdough Bread/2020.05
Notes on Rye Bread
Rye behaves differently from wheat. What I learned trying to make it rise.
Sourdough Bread/2020.04
Baking Sourdough with Golden Yacht Flour, Part Two
A second attempt with Golden Yacht flour, with the hydration adjusted.
Sourdough Bread/2020.04
Walnut and Rosemary Rye Bread
Walnuts and rosemary in a rye sourdough. Good with cheese, better with butter.
Sourdough Bread/2020.04
Baking Sourdough with Golden Yacht Flour
A high-protein Japanese bread flour, and what it does to a sourdough loaf.
Sourdough Bread/2020.04
Rye Sourdough Bread
A rye loaf built on a sourdough starter. Denser, darker, and deeply flavoured.
Sourdough Bread/2020.04
Basic Sourdough Bread: A Step-by-Step Recipe
The recipe I come back to. A crisp crust, an open and chewy crumb, made with bread flour alone, with video for each step.