Homemade pizza is where it's at around here. It's the perfect vessel for summer garden vegetables, homemade tomato sauce and plenty of cheese. But delicious pizza toppings cannot stand alone, they need the support of a chewy, crispy, yet tender pizza crust and I have,...
When it comes to the world of sourdough bread the variations are endless. Different kneading techniques, rising times, flours, water amounts... can lead to varying results. I have been studying Emmanuel Hadjiandreou's sourdough technique in How to Make Bread which has...
For those of you that want to make sourdough bread but are too nervous to try, I want to encourage you to take the leap. Sourdough bread is much healthier than conventional store bought bread because the natural leaven in sourdough makes more minerals available as...
This post would be better titled: How to get your weekly workout while making whole wheat sourdough bread. It makes for a long title so I opted for the simpler one above.I don't buy ground whole wheat because it loses it's nutritional value and goes rancid...
Part 1: Sourdough Bread Recipe: First Feeding (Day 1)Part 2: Sourdough Bread Recipe: More Feeding (Day 2)This is a basic formula for making three loaves of sourdough bread using all-purpose flour. Use this recipe as a starting point for exploring the world of...
Part 1: Sourdough Bread Recipe: First Feeding (Day 1)Part 3: Making Sourdough Bread: Baking Bread (Day 3)On the second day of making sourdough bread you will continue to feed and build up the starter. This recipe will make three loaves but if you want more than...
Part 2: Making Sourdough Bread: More Feedings (Day 2)Part 3: Making Sourdough Bread: Baking Bread (Day 3)Sourdough bread is made by the fermentation of flour by yeast found in nature. The first thing you need to make sourdough bread is an established sourdough starter...
To make sourdough bread you need a chef. I'm not talking about a professional cook, but one of those would be nice too. The chef is a fully active sourdough starter (the mother culture) that you use to make your sourdough bread. A healthy starter is filled with wild...
Baking your own bread is a very sensual experience. By sensual I mean involving the senses: sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste. I started making my own bread using a bread machine. Then I attempted the occasional rustic loaf from The America's Test Kitchen...