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We teach a proven, evidence-based approach to baking that supports improvement to both physical and mental health. Join the club and our team will teach you to bake eat and share extraordinary bread, as Lifestyle Medicine.
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Water – essential information

Learning Objective

In this lesson, you will discover some key information about using water in your sourdough baking and how certain variables can affect the outcome of your bread.

Learning Outcome

You will be able to fully consider the ways in which you incorporate water into your dough and understand water types and temperatures in relation to your sourdough baking.

Often, water is overlooked. As your bread only has three ingredients, it is essential to understand your water and the importance of temperature, how to add it, when to add it and how hard or soft water affects your dough. In this video, Vanessa explains the essentials for using water in your sourdough baking. To access the most comprehensive online sourdough course and our library of video tutorials, sourdough recipes, expert interviews and tips, subscribe now  and join the Club.  

Learn to make Sourdough – we can even send you a starter to get you going.  Start your journey today and find out more about how sourdough is the healthiest bread, and how apply our 7 core principles to your baking to help your digestion and benefit your overall health and wellbeing. 

There is a world of information and core knowledge inside the club, and you will be supported by a whole community of bakers as you learn.

The club is alive with baking and conversations: discover the latest research, tips, enjoy regular inspiring recipes and brilliant webinars, explore our interactive forum, join our new book club, and get access to member discounts.  You will also get updates with news to be in the know before anyone else about the latest books by Vanessa Kimbell and the courses on offer at the Sourdough School.

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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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Buy a 12-Month Membership & we’ll give you a 2nd one to gift

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Sourdough Boule Baking Kit & Voucher

Sourdough Boule Baking Kit & Voucher

🍞 WIN A COPY OF THE PERFECT LOAF 🍞 The Perf 🍞 WIN A COPY OF THE PERFECT LOAF 🍞

The Perfect Loaf was one of our absolute favouite books from last year! It's a dynamic, authoritative sourdough baking bible for those looking to build confidence in the craft with a wide range of foolproof recipes, from pan loaves to pizza to doughnuts, by the beloved blogger and resident bread baker at Food52 @maurizio

We are delighted to have 2 copies to give away! One for the UK and one for the USA and Canada!

To enter the giveaway, all your have to do is:
👉 Follow @maurizio @sourdoughclub @sourdoughschool @vanessakimbell
👉 Let us know in the comments below if you are from the UK, USA or Canada 

Winners will be picked on 03/02/23 date. PLEASE NOTE: this giveaway is for USA, CANADA & UK only due to shipping.
Find the full terms and conditions on our website

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POPPY SEEDS - SMALL BUT MIGHTY We try and encour POPPY SEEDS - SMALL BUT MIGHTY 

We try and encourage our students to experiment with different inclusions to their sourdough, to add flavour, texture and nutrition. To help them do this, we have an 'ingredients library' with nutritional information about different ingredients, with links to studies and recipes. There is a sneak peek at the entry for poppy seeds:

These ancient seeds have been used by many civilisations through time since the Egyptians, Minoans and Sumerians. Still popular in Eastern bakery, the poppy seed is a beautiful addition to many sweet pastries and cakes. 

They are a rich source of tocopherols that the body can turn into vitamin E, vitamins B1, B3 and B5 as well as calcium and potassium. They are also a source of linoleic acid, an essential polyunsaturated fatty acid, used by the body to make important substances like prostaglandins and inflammation mediators. Some research even indicates that poppy seeds may help prevent some types of cancer.

The Sourdough Club in an online learning platform where you can learn to bake delicious, nutritious sourdough bread! Follow the link in the bio to learn more 👆

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SOURDOUGH BOULE BAKING KIT & VOUCHER We have put SOURDOUGH BOULE BAKING KIT & VOUCHER

We have put together this ‘Sourdough Boule Baking Kit’ with all of our favourite and most important items to learn to bake beautiful and nutritious, diversity sourdough boules. It can of course be purchased as an essential kit either for yourself or as a gift for someone.

This sourdough baking kit includes the following items:

⭐️ The Sourdough School recipe book by Vanessa Kimbell
⭐️ 1kg bag of Marriages organic strong white flour
⭐️ 1.5kg bag of Diversity Blend No.0+ Wholemeal Flour – our very own diversity blend flour ready for you to add your own, local or seasonal dried botanicals to.
⭐️ Dough Scraper – to transfer your dough
⭐️ Challenger Dough Knife – to shape your dough
⭐️ 1kg lined wicker banneton for proving your dough
⭐️ 100g bag of Sourdough School Unrefined Sea Salt
⭐️ Digital Folding Thermometer – to maintain the required temperature for your dough
⭐️ Lame – to score your dough
⭐️ 5 Sourdough Cards – White Sourdough Starter, Loaf Schedule, Loaf Record Form, ⭐️ Basic Sourdough Boule Recipe, Flavour Wheel
⭐️ £99 e-voucher to put towards joining the Sourdough Club 12 Month Community Membership

Follow the link in the bio to our shop 👆

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🩺 WHAT IS A PRESCRIPTION MEMBERSHIP? 🩺 A pr 🩺 WHAT IS A PRESCRIPTION MEMBERSHIP? 🩺

A prescription membership is prescribed to patients by Doctors and healthcare professionals who have graduated from The Sourdough School.

We work with partners including doctors and healthcare practitioners, and your practitioner may socially prescribe membership and suggest that learning to bake accord go lifestyle medicine principles could be a way you can improve the way you feel. In our easy, affordable, interactive courses, we explore the amazing science of how baking can transform health.

As our in-house GP and Medical Director, Dr Alex Davidson, explains: ‘This is a preventative medical approach that uses evidence-based behavioural interventions to prevent, treat and manage chronic disease.’

Learn more about prescription memberships and our courses for healthcare professionals, by following the link in the bio to heading over to @sourdoughschool 

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🌾 WHICH GRAINS CAN HELP WITH WEIGHT MANAGEMENT? 🌾 WHICH GRAINS CAN HELP WITH WEIGHT MANAGEMENT? 🌾

Have you given up certain foods for January? At @sourdoughschool we are looking at what we can add to our diet to help with weight management, rather than taking things away. Doesn't that sound more fun?

As part of our Baking as Lifestyle Medicine we look at what grains are associated with a lower glycemic response. So can you guess which grains we might be talking about... look at the photo... (hint hint.)
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Sound like something you might be interested in? Check out our courses at the @sourdoughschool for the next academic year, by following the link in the bio.
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