The Sourdough Club

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Our small club is run from The Sourdough School and is the alternative way to learn if you cannot attend a course in person. Learn from Dr Vanessa Kimbell how to make the healthiest bread in the world and improve digestion, boost your mood, and connect with a supportive community that’s passionate about baking for better health.
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We advise all our sourdough course users to start here, at the beginning and really get to know the fundamentals of your loaf. We are asked all the time why does my sourdough loaf look flat? Is sourdough bread healthy? In this core knowledge section, we really delve into everything you will ever need to know about the theory behind sourdough bread baking. These lessons aren't the same as our practical guides but they will help you to understand the process that will make your bread rise, taste delicious and offer you all the health benefits that sourdough is known for.

If you've eagerly raced ahead and started on the practical sourdough course lessons, then you may find that it doesn't turn out quite the way you expected at first. If that is the case, then everything you need to know to explain why that may have happened, whether you haven't achieved a DDT, or quite got to grips with your fermentation controls, or bassinage, then look no further. All will be explained in this comprehensive set of videos.

Baking As Lifestyle Medicine (BALM) Protocol

The two classic methods to make sourdough – ambient & retarded

Introduction

One Dough – limitless options

bubbly sourdough starter

The things you need to know before you get a sourdough starter

timings

Plan and record each bake

Sourdough fermentation controls explained

Fermentation Explained

What is Autolyse?

Understanding Mixing Your Dough

Shaping overview

Understanding that Bassinage is a process that is a continuation of mixing

The secret of success is DDT

What Is A Baker’s Percentage? Essential Knowledge

Enzymes – They Rule The Roost

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