The Sourdough Club

Baking as Lifestyle Medicine Community

Twenty-five years ago, Dr Vanessa Kimbell noticed that the students she'd taught at The School needed a friendly hand once they got home — so she founded The Sourdough Club. We've since welcomed thousands of bakers worldwide. Here Vanessa and her alumni are beside you in live sessions and through our libraries of videos and recipes, whenever you'd like support or to make your sourdough your own.
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Getting baking sourdough

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Once you have gone through the core tutorials, then please take the time to watch each of these in sequence. It is tempting to skip this bit, and I know you just want to get baking - but taking the time to read and understand about the base ingredients will make your baking more successful. You can also find some more information about how to use some of the inclusions and recipes we use here.

teaching

Roller-milled vs stoneground flour

Sugar in sourdough

An introduction to botanical wholegrain flour

Butter fats

Everything you need to know about using fats in sourdough

Flour is not just flour…

Blending flour

How to best add inclusions to sourdough

Discover heritage grains

Water – essential information

Why is salt so important?

eggs

My top tips – how to use eggs in sourdough

Alternative starters

In an emergency, can I use anything other than flour to refresh my sourdough starter?

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