Sourdough: Slow Down, Make Bread

by James Morton

Overview

From Scratch: Sourdough features recipes and top tips on everything you need to know to make your own sourdough from scratch.

For homebakers, sourdough is the true test of every aspiring bread-maker. Fickle, delicate, every loaf is unique. And there are a LOT of pitfalls to be avoided. It's much more than simply a food: sourdough is a science. So who better than Dr James Morton, baking pedant and fermentation fanatic, to explain the basics for both the uninitiated and more experienced bakers?

James talks the home cook through everything from starters, flours and hydration, to kneading, shaping, rising, slashing and baking, explaining how to achieve the perfect crust and crumb. With a foolproof recipe for the perfect loaf, clear step-by-step instructions, troubleshooting tips and explanations of what works and why, From Scratch: Sourdough is the accessible handbook that bakers everywhere have been waiting for.

Text is extracted and updated from Super Sourdough, by James Morton.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781787136960
Publisher:	Quadrille
Publication date:	04/01/2021
Series:	From Scratch
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	11 MB
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About the Author

James Morton is the author of five books including Brilliant Bread, which won the Guild of Food Writers Cookbook of the Year award in 2014, How Baking Works (2015), Brew(2016) and Shetland: Cooking on the Edge of the World (2018). In 2012 he reached the final of TV’s Great British Bake Off. He works as a doctor in Glasgow and owns a brewery in the city.

James Morton rose to fame in 2012 when he reached the final of the Great British Bake-Off. Since then he has become a columnist for the Sunday Mail, founded his own popular baking blog, written for the Good Pub Guide, amassed a huge social media following and written several best-selling food & drink books. In addition to baking and writing he also loves brewing his own beer and has won several national home brewing awards. 

Table of Contents

The keys to sourdough 6

Equipment & ingredients 14

A country loaf from scratch 34

Starter care 86

Bread troubleshooting 98

Core recipes 110

Pain de mie au levain 118

San Francisco white sourdough 121

Danish rye 124

Brioche 127

Demi-baguettes a I'ancienne 130

Focaccia integrale 135

Neapolitan-style pizza 140

Pretzels 145

Crispbread 149

Index & suppliers 154