The Sourdough Club
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The Club is where you will find all the teaching material, recipes, tips, newsletter & video tutorials for our online courses run by The Sourdough School. Our courses apply nutritional, medical & lifestyle evidence to the bread we bake for optimal health. We teach you to bake bread for optimal health; with recipes & techniques that reduce bloating, and balance blood sugar, you can bake bread..
The Sourdough Club
3M ago
Audio lesson Ambient The main difference is that ambient is sometimes referred to as a straight dough. In other words you go straight from mix to prove to bake. I typically consider this as a classically French technique and is the more ancient technique as fridges were not invented until this ..read more
The Sourdough Club
3M ago
When the seasons change to the cooler months, having access to a proofing box -- which provides a consistently warm environment -- can be the difference between success and failure. I struggled with my proofing for two years, keeping my dough warm in the oven using the low heat emitted by the oven ..read more
The Sourdough Club
3M ago
How to Convert a Standard Recipe into a Sourdough Version I appreciate this bread is not a sourdough bread, but so many people ask me how they can convert a recipe such as this lovely one. What I tend to do is use about 20% of the weight of the flour as a lively, bubbly sourdough starter that I ..read more
The Sourdough Club
1y ago
Soup and Sourdough: A Perfect Pairing As the winter months are drawing in, this is the ideal time to try out some hearty soups, dals, and broths. Soups are the ultimate nourishing comfort food to tuck into in this colder period. Quick and simple to make they are fabulous at any time of day ..read more
The Sourdough Club
1y ago
Social Prescribing A prescription membership is prescribed to patients by doctors and healthcare professionals who have graduated from The Sourdough School. We fund, as part of our social enterprise, a systems change programme that allows us to use our resources to support change and education ..read more
The Sourdough Club
1y ago
Nothing beats feeling well. Perhaps the one driving force behind my work is that nothing beats feeling well. One of the things I am most often asked about by students who tell me that they can eat sourdough with no ill effects is why they feel unwell when eating fast fermented Chorleywood ..read more
The Sourdough Club
1y ago
When less is more. This unassuming and delectable blueberry sourdough cake is perfect to enjoy with a cup of coffee. I've been wanting to capture the memory of a slightly soured Nordic vanilla cake I once ate. It wasn’t sweet, rather it had a lactic tang, which was offset with fresh tart ..read more
The Sourdough Club
1y ago
So you want to make great sourdough? You need to understand it. The moment that you stop thinking that you are baking bread and start to think I am fermenting bread then you will be a great baker. So this is what makes my approach different, and why I give guidance - because it is wild yeast and ..read more
The Sourdough Club
1y ago
Many people get upset about throwing their leftover sourdough starter away when they refresh it. It can be so useful for baking with if you prefer not to discard it. This recipe uses your unrefreshed leaven to add flavour and texture to your scones. They are light, golden, have a slight crunch on ..read more
The Sourdough Club
1y ago
The health benefits of polyphenols are well documented because of their potential to reduce your risk of chronic diseases and to support gut health. We have over 100 studies on the database that look at specific fruits and the positive ways in which they impact the gut. Making a fruit compote ..read more