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sea salt for sourdough

Sea Salt for Sourdough 100g

£3.15

Unrinsed sea salt for sourdough in a 100g pouch. Salt is essential to add flavour to sourdough and strengthens the gluten network. Unrinsed sea salt is particularly rich in micro minerals including zinc, potassium and iodine. It contains higher levels of minerals than rinsed salt, including magnesium sulphate (MgSO4), which acts as a growth stimulant for yeasts providing the necessary tools for replication and survival during fermentation process.

Category: Sourdough Ingredients
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Artisan bread starts with artisan ingredients. Honest ingredients that have been grown and harvested with respect for both the people and the earth. The flour has to be organic, the water chlorine free and the yeast has to be sourdough, and so it follows that the salt has to be similarly harvested with principles that are in synergy with our own. Salt making was, up until the industrial revolution, an artisanal craft. Much like bread making salt is also an artisan product that has been industrialised, so we use a hand-harvested salt in our bread.

Unrefined salt specifically for sourdough
Natural salt contains all of its trace minerals and other elements that are naturally a part of its origin. Our salt is not exposed to chemicals and does not contain anti-caking agents.

Salt does more than improve flavour of bread. It intensifies it. It reduces bitterness in food and enhances the sweetness and provides balance. It aids in gluten development in bread making and acts as natural preservative, and amazingly, it does all of this without adding any calories. The salt at Halen Môn is considered to be some of the very best in the world, and after visiting the saltworks and lots of research we have a sourdough school salt from Halon Mon that is in its most natural state, unrinsed; but why?

Unrinsed the Halen Môn sea salt is particularly rich in micro minerals including zinc, potassium & iodine. It also contains higher levels of certain minerals than rinsed salt, including Magnesium Sulphate (MgSO4), which studies indicate helps to support sourdough leavening by increasing yeast flocculation.

There are also increased levels of Calcium Sulphate (CaSO4) & Calcium Carbonate (CaSO3) which also support both the yeast and lactic acid bacteria, by reacting with the organic acids produced during fermentation, so acting as natural dough conditioner.

We recommend that salt is used at 2% (10g of salt per 500g of flour).

Nutritionally
There is evidence that increased consumption of processed food, modern horticulture methods such as hydroponics and use chemical fertilisers, longer food storage times and long-distance transport, all contributed to a reduction if nutritional value of the foods we eat, including the minerals. Sea salt contains many trace minerals that are essential to human health, and is a simple effect way to put back in to our daily diets those missing essential micronutrients.

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SPUN IRON CLOCHE - Key to achieving the best oven SPUN IRON CLOCHE - Key to achieving the best oven spring

Most domestic ovens are less than ideal when it comes to a beautiful loaf with maximum oven spring. 

What baking dough needs is immediate, even heat and steam. The heat provides the rise, and the steam keeps the crust soft throughout the time it is rising. The result is bread that reaches its full potential, giving an evenly baked, golden open crumbed sourdough. 

The perfect way to achieve this is with our spun iron cloche.

Designed by: Vanessa Kimbell
Developed and made by: Netherton Foundry

Follow the link in the bio to our shop where you can buy our Spun Iron Cloche now! 

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EXTRAORDINARY DAY WITH @porta1918 we are so excite EXTRAORDINARY DAY WITH @porta1918 we are so excited to have been filming as part of our new Sourdough Cultural Courses. We’re exploring the beautiful bread culture in Sardinia and we’ve been welcomed by the incredible people at @porta1918 you can expect to meet the amazing bakers and deep dive into the world of Sardinian bread. It’s absolutely incredible and we will release the films & opportunity to bake similarly in September. 

Our gratitude and admiration to the incredible talent and hard work and dedication of the family that make the breads. 

I wonder if the Sardinian people know just how incredibly lucky they are to have a family dedicated to not only preserving the traditions of the island but also how this bread is integral to the blue zone effect, longevity and success of the community? It’s just such a privilege to witness firsthand the care, dedication and craftsmanship of these bakers. 

My heart is just full of gratitude and joy to see the work and the breads & cakes & pastry that delivers fibre, fermentation and the delicious antioxidants ( carotenoids) in the bread that contributes to the lowering in inflammation through the durum flour. It’s easy to forget bread because it’s an everyday thing, but make no mistake bakers and bread are right at the centre of health, happiness and prosperity of the community and never more so than in this beautiful blue zone. 

Please make sure you sign up the newsletter to receive notifications of when this cultural course will be announced. 
@vanessakimbell 
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SOURDOUGH RHUBARB & ALMOND TARTS As the season go SOURDOUGH RHUBARB & ALMOND TARTS

As the season goes on, we adapt these sourdough tarts and use other fruit: peaches, blueberries or apples. But, just now, the rhubarb is bursting out of the garden, pink, tart and gorgeous. The pinker the rhubarb, the more antioxidants, (namely anthocyanins, which are pink).

I love that these are a treat, whilst increasing fibre in your diet. You can of course just use wholegrain flour to make these, however, I highly recommend using Botanical blend no 2 for these to increase the diversity and nourishment o your gut.

This recipe is for Sourdough Club members. Not a member? Follow the link in the bio to learn more 

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FERMENTED FRANGIPANE To celebrate the coming of r FERMENTED FRANGIPANE

To celebrate the coming of rhubarb season, we have set our club members the task of making Sourdough Rhubarb & Almond Tarts! Which include our fermented frangipane.

We often use this fermented frangipane as a base for our sourdough tarts. It is another way of increasing flavour and using up the discard from the first or second build starter. 

As well as breaking down the sugar in your bake through the fermentation process, fermented frangipane adds amazing complexity to your tart or pie. It’s not essential to ferment frangipane overnight.

This is a recipe for Sourdough Club members, follow the link in the bio to learn more about joining the Sourdough Club 

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WHAT IF THERE WAS AN EXTRA INGREDIENT? As you know WHAT IF THERE WAS AN EXTRA INGREDIENT?
As you know at the @sourdoughclub we don’t just teach you to bake. We teach you the culture, history, and context of sourdough. For our next set of recipes we are looking at bread in Italy, specifically at the bread in areas where the men live longer than anywhere else in the world… we are so excited to be here…. #lifestylemedicine with our in house GP @dralexdavidson & @dksherratt & @joe_westley_photo #sourdough with @vanessakimbell
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