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Prescribing Baking as Lifestyle Medicine

Change your bread, change your life. Discover how sourdough helps make bread more nutritious and why it is easier to digest, as you learn to bake eat and share extraordinary bread to support both mental and physical health.
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Miguel

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Welcome to the Sourdough Club.

Let’s start with the fact that bread is about sharing. It is about connecting and being in the moment.  It is filling the house with the smell of freshly baked bread that is healthy and baking is about expressing time, love and care that you have for the people around you.  So we decided to work in the same way and share our way of working with the people we work with.  This isn’t just a way to make bread. This is a community and we support each other. So I am delighted that you are thinking of joining the Club though Miguel who is not just our resident gut health expert, he is also a nutritionist and a neuroscientist, as well as one of my advisors for my research. He is not just brilliant he is also absolutely lovely.

Click here to use this code miguel-10 to get 10% off the 12 Month Community Membership to the Sourdough Club today.

( Please note this is the only course we are able to offer this discount to.)  By joining the Club you are not just learning to bake the healthiest bread, but you are also supporting Miguel and his amazing work.

About Miguel

Miguel works with the Sourdough Club through the Sourdough School bringing a wealth of knowledge and professional experience as a neuroscientist, researcher, nutritionist, communicate. His professional interests span the fields of nutrition, biotechnology, microbiology and neuroscience. He has been able to bring these together while working as a Research Fellow at the School of Applied Sciences of London South Bank University. Miguel is the lead investigator in clinical trials looking to further develop our understanding of the relationship between food, gut bacteria and mental well-being, and his contribution to the club is one of the reasons that we are the leaders on the field of Nutrition and digestibility of bread.

About The Club

The Sourdough Club is an online sourdough course…and you will:

  • Learn to make sourdough.
  • Find out why sourdough is the healthiest bread.
  • Discover more than you knew there is to know about the fascinating world of bread, baking, your digestion, and how it relates to your own health and well being.
  • Learn the techniques that make your bread rise, with a tender open crumb and a burnished crust.
  • Nourish yourself and your family every day by learning about our 7 core principles of how to bake bread that nourishes and how to eat it for optimal health.
  • The Sourdough Club is the virtual way of attending The Sourdough School. The Sourdough Club is unique because it goes far beyond what a “normal,” online course does, it is a baking community, with support and regular new recipes and articles to keep you inspired.
  • You can learn everything you want to know about sourdough from home as though you were here in the school bakery with Vanessa Kimbell & her tutors.
  • Our video tutorials teach you every detail. From how to start a starter, maintain it, to timings, temperatures and shaping to tips on the best way to get an open crumb as well as troubleshooting.
  • You get to chat with me in the Club’s private Baking Forum & in our weekly Live Clinics
  • You also get The Sourdough  Club Magazine with regular new recipes.
  • There are Club member discounts, competitions and In Conversation features with bakers from all over the world.
  • It takes time to master the art of sourdough, but with over 70+ videos this membership allows you to learn at your own pace.

I love this quote by the amazing Dr Micheal Mosely –  it sums up our approach “When it comes to bread not all bread is equal. Some breads are far more wholesome than others. Sourdough eaten as part of a Mediterranean diet is a good choice; I recommend Vanessa Kimbell’s simple approach to making sourdough at home, using wholegrain flour, salt and water and time for bread that nourishes.”

I look forward to seeing you on the Club…& don’t forget to share your bakes on Instagram & in the Club Forum.

Vanessa Kimbell 

Founder of the Sourdough School

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 
Xx

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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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