Anyone make Sourdough Bread?

LittleBrownFrog

tbh I don't really know lol ... with my old bread machine, I used to mix/knead the dough in the machine, then take it out & bake it in the oven rather than the bread machine.

I'm going to try leaving it in the machine overnight to prove (with machine turned off) and then bake it in the morning. Will let you know how I get on.

ShauntheSheep

I've tried to post a link to a pic of 2 loaves that I've just taken out of the oven - but I don't seem to be able to master it. I'll keep trying and see if I can get the pics to display. Anyway, this is what I did.

I followed the following method/recipe which I adapted from Sourdoughs International - http://www.sourdo.com/recipes.html#willowbasket

1½ cup starter mixed with 1/2 cup water
3 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp salt

Put starter & flour into machine
Knead on White Rapid 10 mins then add salt
Knead for 10 more minutes
Take out of machine and put into large bowl and leave overnight.
I left it in my utility room which is unheated and brought the bowl into the kitchen after breakfast and left it to come to room temperature (about midday)
Divide the dough into two and fold/knead gently for a few minutes.
Leave to prove in baskets for 3 hours. This time in the kitchen which is reasonably warm but probably not as hot as most people’s!
Preheat oven with a baking stone on the bottom shelf
Gently tip loaves out onto semolina on oven tray – they will flop a bit but will rise again if the oven is hot enough. It also helps if you can generate some steam by spraying the baking stone or putting a baking tray filled with hot water on the oven bottom.

Bake for 5 mins at 250 then 15/20 at 200.


I've been making different types of bread by hand for a couple of years and particularly like Dan Lepard's way of folding the dough rather than doing a lot of kneading. However, I had a breadmaker for Christmas (Panasonic and I love it!) so I'm experimenting with using it for sourdough. It's very successful so far.

Sorry this is such a long post.

ShauntheSheep

I hope this will now show you the bread - it seems to work on the preview, so I'll post it.

Does anybody know how to make the pic a bit bigger?

spend_thrift

Those loaves look stunning!

(And my parents bought a Panasonic, so your recipe should work a treat for them )

LittleBrownFrog

Thank you My machine is a panasonic too, so the method should work.

Maggiesunshine

:beer:OOOOh - just found this site - I have a panasonic breadmaker, and I wondered if you could please tell me the recipe for sourdough for the machine - I cannot actually find it on here now ... thank you very much

dogstarheaven

am going to try and make this myself as i'm quite famished for some tasty sarnies with some nice fillings.. trouble is, you can't buy it in supermarkets. there isn't a fancy artisan bread supply here in notts so i thought of making my own for a change. unfortunately, last time i'd made bread it came out like bricks, that was 20yrs ago, and the 1st time in school!

i've seen some recipes online but they all seem frighteningly complex.. firstly, you need to create a starter.. and then the methods all seem to vary.. anyone with first-hand experience making this and offer me a decent easy-to-follow recipe pls. i have a good store cupboard baking essentials - strong bread flour, dry yeast etc.,

btw, am usually a savoury-person, so not really fond of baking as it's a bit of chore following measurements to the T all the time.. also, i've a fan-assisted oven so i guess the temp control is quite important for baking too.

ps. not usually been onto this forum, but am very keen on trad. methods of living, or self-help stuff ...

Pink.

Hi dogstarheaven,

Welcome to Old Style :hello: You should find lots of things to interest you here.

There are some recipes that may help on this thread:

Anyone make Sourdough Bread?

I'll add your thread to it later to keep the recipes together.

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dogstarheaven

well, i'm still none the wiser. i've looked at other recipes and they've had rye flour or whole wheat flour. so i'm not sure what to believe now. as the process is a little difficult to start with, i would want to get the best recipe i can get. i've been on the famous den lepard's site forum http://www.danlepard.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2732 and there's a lot of complicated talk about hydration percentages and different kinds of stages and timings and temps... it's all a bit of a headache atm. i haven't got organic flour, so it looks like another trip to the shops and get some (bought strong white, but the experts get organic!) and some organic rye flour as well. i think the experts prefer the non-yeast version of a starter as opposed to the cheat's version i've seen...

also, i mistakenly bought buttermilk as i really thought that it was one of the essential ingredients to making sourdough, but i was v wrong . now, i don't know what i would use this for... any ideas? and the comments on what i've discovered?
thanks

angeltreats

Dogstarheaven, use your buttermilk for making soda bread, scones or muffins.

I want to start making sourdough, and I was planning on making my starter today, but it's just occurred to me that I don't have any proving baskets/bannetons etc. What does everyone else use? I have endless baking sheets, loaf and cake tins, and a cast iron casserole, maybe I could use that?