Beginners

First Loaf a Success - of sorts

I made my first ever sourdough loaf yesterday, after nursing my starter along all week. I used predominantly rye flour in the...

Freezing?

Hmmm... so, I have a couple of really big assignments coming up and as a great procrastination, I've been baking (3 fruit loaves...

Mould

Five Days!

I don't understand why more people don't bake bread. Five days ago I'd never baked bread in my life: I decided to try, so I put...

rye/spelt/uh-oh... (hello, I'm new here, and I'm worrying about my bread...)

Okay. So in general I think I'm doing pretty well with this sourdough business. I'm intolerant to wheat but can tolerate both rye...

Restarting Starter?

Hi all, my sourdough is going really well, the starter bubbles away and the loaves rise really well...but... my starter wont...

Starter ok, first loaf edible!

Ok, so I worked out my issues with my starter and my first loaf turned out sort of ok. Here's the story. I had my starter going...

My First loaves

Well - 1 week and 1 day after I started my starter, I made my first loaves. Yesterday ( saturday 1 week after starter) I mixed 1...

Beginner's Tutorial Blog - Temporary Access

The blog and tutorial facility is currently offline due to a spam attack. Basically this facility fell to bits. We are preparing...

Starter - on the right track?

Hi there, You have all been so helpful to each other, I wonder if someone could help me. I stumbled across a sourdough starter...