Last weekend, we were busy having a sourdough bread making class! I organised a cooking class, I had nine students all eager to make their sourdough loaf. To ensure we were not spending the whole day at it, I had prepared “ready to bake” loaves and some dough which had reached the shaping stage to be able to teach those later stages of the process which they eventually did at home later or the next day.
It was a successful day. Everybody got to do each phase of the process and go home with a loaf to bake and sometimes a baked loaf too, plus a sourdough starter in a jar. Many thanks to my students for making this first class so easy (and for bringing a couple of nice bottles of wine).
Sourdough bread making is easier than it seems and the process is very forgiving. If you need some advise, send me an email. I have been doing my bread this way for 15 months now starting by doing my own culture. I used a couple text book to get started and some You-tube video, especially for shaping, and this was it. I am not saying that there was no disasters in the beginning (and still from time to times now when I push the boundaries), however generally it is bakery quality bread at home.
