This is one of the most common problems people have with their sourdough starter. And there are quite a few reasons why this is happening. So let’s see what are the most common causes. A Sourdough starter can have bubbles but not rise due to an improper consistency, bad temperature, using the wrong flour type, … Read more
The best sourdough bread is made using a dutch oven, that’s what I’ve always heard when I was a beginner. But I couldn’t afford a good dutch oven back then, so I started looking up what a dutch oven actually does and see how I could replicate the effects. Now, many years later I own … Read more
This is one of the most common problems people have when they make their first sourdough starter at home. Sourdough starters are very fragile in their first few weeks, and if something goes wrong it can easily stop them from rising. So let’s see what are the things that could have gone wrong. The most … Read more
This is one of the most common problems people have when they start making sourdough bread at home, but it can also happen to more experienced bakers as well. So, let’s see why this happens. Sourdough bread can split during baking due to a number of reasons: using too much or too little water, not … Read more
Everybody likes their sourdough a certain way, I like my sourdough bread to be as sour as possible. So I started experimenting, I tried all possible types of flour, I tried different types of starters, experimented with different fermentation periods, and more, until I found out how to make my sourdough as sour as possible. … Read more
A lot of people seem to mistake sourdough bread with soda bread, thinking that they are the same thing. But in reality, they couldn’t be any different. The 9 main differences between sourdough bread and soda bread are: As you can see there are quite a few differences, some are related to the rising process … Read more
This is a very common problem that people have when they make their first sourdough starter at home. And while it’s not the worst thing that can happen, you still have to deal with it and see why this happened in order to prevent it in the future. Sourdough starters can separate into a clear … Read more
Dense sourdough bread is the most common and annoying problem among new bakers. And one that I know too well. When I first started baking all of my loaves came out of the oven extremely dense and heavy. It took me quite a few tries to solve this problem but after a lot of experimenting … Read more
Despite its name, sourdough bread doesn’t have to taste sour. Actually, sourdough bread that is too sour can put a lot of people off, especially my children. So I had to learn how to make a milder-tasting sour bread. After quite a few tries I finally managed to make a sourdough bread that is not … Read more
Probiotics are what set apart sourdough bread from any other type of bread, this is a fact, but a very strange one because sourdough bread doesn’t contain any probiotics. This might be a little confusing so let me explain. The sourdough starter does contain probiotics, but they don’t survive the baking process so the actual … Read more