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

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

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

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

Normally you wouldn’t associate a strong alcoholic smell with bread or yeast, so normally you wouldn’t expect a starter to smell like that. But this is actually a very common smell for a sourdough starter. Sourdough starters can develop a wide range of smells, the most common one being that of alcohol. The smell is … Read more

Normally you wouldn’t associate the smell of sour milk with bread or yeast, so you wouldn’t expect a starter to smell like that. But this is actually a very common smell for a sourdough starter. Sourdough starters can develop a wide range of smells, which can be very similar to the smell of sour milk. … Read more

I’m sure that just like me you can barely restrain yourself from eating the sourdough bread the minute you take it out of the oven. But doing so will be a big mistake, and not just because it’s extremely hot. Sourdough bread needs to rest in order to fully develop its taste and texture. On … Read more

As tasty and as healthy as sourdough bread is, there is just one problem with it. It takes a lot of time to make it, and not everybody has that kind of time at their disposal. Luckily there is one simple thing that you can do, and that is to freeze it, but simply taking … Read more

The main thing that makes sourdough bread possible are the bacteria that live in the sourdough starter, so it’s perfectly normal to ask yourself if sourdough bread is safe, as we are used to associating bacteria with bad things. But you can rest easy, sourdough bread is completely safe. Sourdough bread is safe to eat, … Read more

This is one of the most common questions people have about the sourdough starter. And it’s a very good question, after all, you don’t want to spend weeks preparing a starter just to find out at the end that it wasn’t good. On average a sourdough starter should have a thin consistency, similar to that … Read more