Sourdough Baking

Wholegrain hearth breads with huge holes

Hi all - I have been baking wholegrain hearth breads in a clay oven for about a year now. Was happy with the quality until about...

Cooking rye bread in a microwave?

Hi, I wonder if anyone ever baked rye bread in a microwave oven, especially at low wattages. What would you do to simulate an...

figuring out rye

Hi all, I am in the unfortunate position of needing to cut down my wheat intake, which seems a great excuse to perfect some 100%...

how to stop bread drying out

I've been turning out some breads I'm pretty happy with since getting my starters going a while back, but I am finding that the...

slashing wet dough?

Gidday from New Zealand. Long time lurker first time poster. I've just made my first couple of attempts at slashing a near-no-...

Did my first baking this mornign

I did my first baking this morning. Finally got the starter going really well (30/70 flour and 100 water) thanks to the advise I...

My rye bread never comes out black

Hi, my name is Nico, I'm a newcomer. I've been making 100% rye bread using only my rye sourdough for months, but except when I...

Which flour to use with bought starters?

Hi all, I was wondering if you have any opinions on which flour is best for sourdough baking when using the original San...

Pictures of my 6 week old starters

Hi All, I just thought I would post a few photos of my starters, as an update to my initial "new guy" post in the beginners forum...

Ciabatta (no knead)

Hi all, Here's some ciabatta i baked on the weekend... Original method/recipe is from [url= http://drfugawe.wordpress.com/2009/05...