Sourdough

full recipe on my website, here's the link. https://www.unclemattscookerylessons....

I call this intermediate sourdough because I'm the intermediate, so why would anyone watch a sourdough tutorial by me who has a long way to go before perfecting (it that's even possible) this wonderful craft of baking sourdough bread? Well in my previous video I was a real beginner and wanted to encourage people to have a go, and not to be disheartened if the result wasn't great.

So now lets see if my sourdough game has improved and if I can help explain the progress in a video tutorial then maybe I can convince more people to get baking this ancient 5 thousand year old skill.

In my previous sourdough video I did the no knead technique which will work with this loaf but I find that kneading the dough for 10 minutes or more improves the finished loaf.

As I made this sourdough loaf in the summer the starter yeast got working much faster, so if it's cooler in your kitchen your loaf might not be as fluffy when you're working with it. This is fine and just means after shaping your dough will require a longer proof time, over night in the fridge is ideal.

Cooling the dough in the fridge before baking also helps with oven spring as it takes longer for the moisture in the dough to create steam and you're loaf will have a much better rise.

here's a link to my previous sourdough bread. https://youtu.be/b-PhhoR74sI
here's a link to my starter video https://youtu.be/LGZpR3FZ6gM