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Core Knowledge Module

Take the time to understand

Before you begin baking – before you even get your starter going – you need to understand sourdough. This is essential knowledge. If you do not read these lessons, you will not understand sourdough.

I totally appreciate that you want to get your hands in the dough, but trust me: follow these lessons first and you will build a strong foundation and understanding, which will make you a better baker.

Baking sourdough starts with your head, then your heart – then your hands.

Vanessa

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Syllabus for Core Knowledge - The basics

Back to Bake for Health Syllabus
LessonLesson TypeTime (mins)What you will learn
1All Core Knowledge Lessons
Tutor: Vanessa Kimbell
Background Knowledge

All the Core Knowledge lessons that are essential to read, watch and listen to BEFORE you start baking the recipes.

2Two Ways to Make Sourdough Core Knowledge

The are two main methods for making sourdough, ambient and retarded. Understanding these methods is key to understanding the process.

3What are bakers' percentages? Core Knowledge

Understanding bakers' percentages is essential.

4Flour – Which types to chooseCore Knowledge

How to think about flour. This is a big subject and we cover a lot.

5Blending flour
Tutor: Vanessa Kimbell
Baking Tutorial

The principles of blending flour.

6Why we choose organicCore Knowledge

This article tells you all about glyphosate and how damaging it can be.

7The secret to success
Tutor: Vanessa Kimbell
Baking Tutorial

Temperature is control: it is really important to understand this.

8The other secret to success
Tutor: Vanessa Kimbell
Baking Tutorial

How you add your water matters, and there are different ways to mix your dough.

9Botanical Blend Flour Core Knowledge

How to make a Botanical Blend flour.

10All our Botanical BlendsBackground Knowledge

Different Botanical Blends you can try once you get more confident. I suggest you come back to this properly in about 3 months, but for now take a look at the different blends we use here at the School.

11How to control your sourdoughCore Module

The key things that impact your bread. You will keep coming back to this theory every single time you bake.

12An interview on amylase & oxygen Background Knowledge

In 2010, I was working on a programme for the BBC about oxygen in baking. This is one of the recordings we made.

All reasonable care is taken when writing about health aspects of bread, but the information it contains is not intended to take the place of treatment by a qualified medical practitioner. You must seek professional advice if you are in any doubt about any medical condition. Any application of the ideas and information contained on this website is at the reader's sole discretion and risk.

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