This is my go-to homemade sourdough bread recipe with dependable and consistent results. It's the one I turn to time and time again because of its lovely flavor, crunchy crust, and beautiful oven spring. I'll show you my techniques for building structure & elasticity to obtain that classic light and airy crumb. I'm pinning a...
Sourdough Video Tutorials
Homemade Sourdough Bread: How To Make A Leaven
Many sourdough bread recipes call for a 'leaven' or 'levain'. If you're new to making sourdough bread at home, you'll need to know how to make a leaven, which is really easy! It's just a little off-shoot of your sourdough starter mixed with water and flour, then allowed to rise. Once it's doubled in size,...
How To Score Sourdough Bread Video: An Ear & Wheat Pattern
Get out your razor blades! I've got a video here for you on how to score sourdough bread showing a traditional ear and a simple but pretty wheat pattern on the side. It's that cut down the side of the loaf that creates a controlled sliced vent for steam to release. Once the dough hits...
Sourdough Bread: Coil Fold, Stretch & Fold, and The Wrap
The Stretch and Fold, Coil Fold, and my favorite the "Wrap" is how we build structure during the bulk fermentation phase with sourdough bread. "Structure" is strengthening the gluten strands so they hold shape and are strong, but are elastic, too. Where traditional bread using commercial yeast use "kneading" - with sourdough we "build structure". ...
Sourdough: How To Shape Round Boule For Great Oven Spring
If you're looking for how to shape a sourdough Boule, you've landed in the right place! A boule is simply a round loaf of bread. It's great for sharing in wedges or in rustic slices. I have a few different videos on this but wanted to post this one because of the warm temperature that...
Sourdough: How To Shape Batard For Great Oven Spring
If you're looking for how to shape a sourdough Batard for great oven spring, you've landed in the right place! A batard is simply an oblong loaf of bread. It's great for slicing for sandwiches and toast. You'll get several slices with the same shape and size. I have a few different videos on how...
How To Score Sourdough Bread Video
Want to know more about How to Score Sourdough Bread? Here's a quick 2-minute video that shows you the basics. In my Sourdough Video Tutorial Gallery, I have several scoring videos for you to choose from. Whether you slash or score – totally up to you. I do one or the other depending on my...
Sourdough: 4 Scores & 4 Bakes in 4:56 minutes
Got a few minutes to watch Sourdough: 4 Scores & 4 Bakes in 4:56 minutes? Sometimes it's nice to see some repetition. Sourdough reacts a little differently with each loaf. You'll see that with the bakes, they're also a little different, even though the recipe is the same and the oven temp is the same....
Technique: Learning Pre-Shape and Shape for Sourdough Bread & also Proofing!
My technique video below demonstrates Pre-Shape and Shape for 3 loaves of sourdough. I'll teach you how to build tension for that fantastic oven-spring. We'll work with 3 loaves of dough: 2 are my Beginner Tartine Sourdough Bread recipe, and the 3rd is an intermediate loaf using whole wheat and spelt. I also show you...
Technique: Learn To Score and Bake Sourdough. Demonstrating Three Loaves.
My technique video below teaches you how to score and bake sourdough. We have 3 loaves of sourdough to work with. Two are my Beginner Tartine Sourdough recipe - both a Boule shape. And the other is a loaf using Tim Passmore's percentages - he can be found at SourdoughTim.com and also on Instagram (check...
Technique: Learning Stretch & Fold and Coil Fold for Sourdough Bread
A technique video below showing you how to perform stretch & folds, and also coil folds to build structure and extensibility in your sourdough bread. I show you 3 loaves - working stretch & folds, and coil folds for each series (3 separate times) - this will show you show the dough progresses over time...
Technique: The Rubaud Mixing Method for Sourdough
Have you heard of the Rubaud mixing method? I've been using this mixing method with my high hydration sourdoughs and I have a technique video to show you how to do it. The Rubaud "mixing" method, by the late Gerard Rubaud, is mixing style which helps fully incorporate the final dough mix. The final dough...