Start, grow, and bake your own delicious, homemade sourdough bread, with or without commercial yeast!
Homemade Sourdough
is the ultimate guide to creating your own sourdough bread. Learn sourdough formulas and recipes and follow along as the author explains the science behind sourdough and provides a guide to the world of
starters
,
wild yeasts
proofing
pre-ferments
, and
motherdough
. You'll find
dozens of delicious recipes
, not just for bread but for
other baked goods
, from
muffins
to
pizza crust
chocolate cake
. Sourdough rises through the action of lactic acid, so it doesn't require store-bought yeast, but the sourdough starter method works beautifully with either commercial yeast or wild yeast. Sourdough bread baking is a great skill for a sustainable, self-sufficient lifestyle and provides the
added health benefits
of being made through fermentation. And if you are interested in
lowering your intake of gluten
, sourdough preparations can produce lively, tasty loaves with lower amounts of gluten than other methods. There is no better way to embrace heritage flavors and time-tested bread-baking techniques than with sourdough. Foodies, farmers, DIYers, and locavores—you will want to devour this book.