Sourdough Bread

Once you have a sourdough starter, you can think about making a loaf. In order to make your starter last you will need to double it, which is called the levain and takes roughly 8 hours. Then you put half of it away as a future starter and use the rest to make your bread. Levain (10 mins…

Sourdough Starter

How better to start this blog than with sourdough starter. If you haven’t eaten sourdough bread yet you have been missing a treat: it’s chewy, has a slightly sour taste and keeps for longer than your average loaf. Although making the bread doesn’t take that long, in order to do so you need a starter, which takes…