{"id":138,"date":"2020-04-06T19:30:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T02:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.richardfrankhuff.com\/?p=138"},"modified":"2020-04-06T19:30:43","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T02:30:43","slug":"sourdough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richardfrankhuff.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/06\/sourdough\/","title":{"rendered":"Sourdough"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Baking is not something that comes natural for me. (Cooking is where I tend to shine.) This never stopped me from trying to make something fantastic, and I’ve always wanted to try my hand at a natural sourdough bread. Being homebound for the past several weeks has given me the perfect opportunity to do so. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting from scratch, I mixed flour and water at a 1:1 ratio and set it on our counter in a glass jar. Over several days of feeding it, a wonderful bubbly starter was born. Following the directions for How To Make Sourdough Bread<\/a> — instructions I somewhat randomly picked — it called for a mere Tablespoon of the sourdough starter to create the leaven and then I was off to the races. Multiple days of “the races” I should add.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creating this sort of sourdough bread is a time commitment I can’t say I would recommend. Don’t get me wrong: the result is amazing when successful, and I was lucky enough to have been successful. It just wasn’t worth the effort. Instead, I would recommend using the Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day<\/a> approach (which I have used many times over the past several years).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having had the experience of making the sourdough bread from scratch was worth my time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Leaven<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Skipping Several Steps: In The Baskets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Even More Steps Skipped: Baked Bread<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Would Paul Hollywood Approve?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Baking is not something that comes natural for me. (Cooking is where I tend to shine.) This never stopped me from trying to make something fantastic, and I’ve always wanted to try my hand at a natural sourdough bread. Being homebound for the past several weeks has given me the perfect opportunity to do so…. <\/p>\n

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