The Sourdough Club

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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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Ambient Method Step by Step Tutorials

Finally it is time to bake. I suggest that you make the tin loaf first and then bake this loaf 7 consecutive times before you move on to the next one. Start with the formula below and read the timings first and plan your time, then follow each step. Master Recipe: Classic 20% Wholemeal Sourdough Boule - Ambient

Each step is a tutorial to give you maximum guidance to our Classic Ambient Sourdough Boule. It is the method I most often recommend to beginners to start with, and because it keeps you in touch with your dough all day and you develop more of a sense of the fermentation process...

Master recipe: 20% Wholemeal Classic Sourdough Boule – Ambient

How to refresh a white sourdough starter (roller-milled flour)

Learn why a slow leaven is good for an ambient dough

Mixing the Dough – Ambient Method

Ambient Autolyse

Adding Salt – Ambient Sourdough

Stretch and Fold – Ambient Method

Shaping – Ambient Method

Proofing Ambient Sourdough

How to Score & Bake your sourdough bread

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