Sourdough & Slow Baking
The patient art of bread, from starter to golden loaf
A gentle, unhurried guide to sourdough and slow baking — from raising your own starter to the pleasure of a perfect crust.
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A Word Before We Begin
There is a particular kind of quiet that settles over a kitchen when bread is proving — a hush that feels almost sacred, as though the house itself is holding its breath alongside the dough. I wrote this little book for anyone who has ever stood at a kitchen window on a grey morning, cupping a warm mug, and felt the pull of something slower and more deliberate than the world usually allows. Sourdough is not a trend, whatever the magazines may tell you. It is an ancient conversation between flour, water, wild air, and time — and once you learn its language, you will never quite stop listening. These pages are not a manual to be followed with military precision. They are, I hope, more like letters from a friend who has burned more loaves than she cares to admit, and learned something gentle and lasting from every one of them. Come in, put the kettle on, and let us begin.
— Agnes
"Slow bread for a life lived a little more slowly."
Sourdough frightens people, and it needn't. It is the oldest, simplest bread there is — flour, water, time and a little patience. I have kept the same starter alive for over twenty years; I call her Bess, and she has raised more loaves than I could count. In this book I take you gently by the hand: how to begin your own starter, how to feed and love it, and how to turn it into bread that will make your whole house smell of Sunday. There is no rushing sourdough. That, my dear, is rather the point.
A companion for a gentler home
- Raising and keeping your own sourdough starter
- Foolproof everyday and enriched loaves
- Long, slow ferments for flavour and ease
- Troubleshooting every kind of loaf
- The 98-page Sourdough & Slow Baking book (PDF)
- A starter feeding schedule card
- Baking timings and hydration guide
- Printable bake-day checklist
Inside these pages
- 01The Patience of Bread
- 02Raising Your Starter
- 03Your First Loaf
- 04Everyday Sourdough
- 05Enriched & Seeded Breads
- 06Slow Ferments
- 07Troubleshooting & Keeping
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