Sourdough: an amazing and wonderful process
The picture shows a leaven – sometimes called "starter" or "mother" – made of water and wheat flour, after an overnight refreshment. It is now ready to make sourdough bread. You can see the honeycomb...
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Above is a loaf I baked at the weekend. It is sourdough, made of water, French (T55) wheatflour and sea salt. Nothing else, unless you count the natural strains of yeast – they might be Candida milleri...
View ArticleIn a nutshell: how glorious bread is made
Industrially produced bread – made by the dreaded Chorleywood process (invented at the British Baking Industries Research Association in that village in Herts) – encapsulates everything that's awful...
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