Sourdough for Beginners

This workshop will give the complete beginner the ability to make fantastic sourdough bread straight away. I will take you through every step of my easy method of baking artisan-quality sourdough. We will make Pain au Levain, a French-style sourdough, and I will show you how to adapt this recipe to make olive and rosemary bread. I will show you how to shape your dough into round loaves and into beautiful leaf-patterned Italian flatbread called Fougasse. We will also make Focaccia and Ciabatta rolls with a pre-ferment called a poolish, which gives the dough a light and airy crumb and complex flavour. We will have fresh baked sourdough for lunch with a range of my preserves. Throughout the morning I will explain how to start and maintain a healthy starter and how to fit bread baking into your life. You will leave with starter, recipes and plenty of extra information to help you get started baking.

You may also like the following events from Hidden Valley Sustainable Living Workshops:

• Next month, 20th September, 11:30 pm, Basic Building Skills for Women in Prospect Vale
• This October, 11th October, 11:30 pm, Building on the Basics for Women in Prospect Vale
• This November, 23rd November, 12:00 am, Veggie Gardening for Beginners in Prospect Vale

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