How to Make Sourdough

You can make sourdough bread! And honestly, this coronavirus situation and isolating at home is the perfect time to learn. I promise, you can do it! It seems intimidating at first ... but it is now one of my absolute favorite things. I'm here to tell you...if I can do it, you can do it.

Over the past year, as I've delved into the nerdy fermentation of bread for my upcoming book (out spring 2021, keep your eyes peeled!) I didn't anticipate falling into becoming a regular bread baker at home, myself, but that is exactly what has happened.

So at the request of many of you on my Instagram (@qkatie), I'm making a video to walk you through how I do it, step by step. I leave out the science-y details, I'll save that for another video in the future.

If you're a sourdough baker, leave a comment below to let me know how you do things! We can have the comment section become a resource for people interested in getting into it, too.

You'll need a sourdough starter to begin. If you know anyone who makes sourdough, ask them for some of their starter -- any baker will be more than happy to give it to you... discarding a bit of starter every day is a part of the process, anyway.

In this video I give you the rundown on how to make a sourdough starter and I also walk you through making a sourdough loaf, step-by-step.

Here's the timetable breakdown for you:
DAY ONE
7:30A - refresh your sourdough starter for the dough mix
10:30A (3 hours later) - do the autolyse (combine flours and water)
1:30A (3 hours after that) - dough mix
2:00P - 1st series of stretch and folds
2:30P - 2nd series of stretch and folds
3:00P - 3rd series of stretch and folds
6:00P - pre-shape
6:30P - shape, then into the fridge! (for 15 hours)
DAY TWO
8:30A - preheat oven with the baking vessel in it to heat, too
9:30A - remove dough from fridge, score, and bake (with lid for 30 minutes at 250 C/485 F, then remove the lid and bake for another 15 minutes at 220 C/430 F)
10:15A - congratulations, you've made a sourdough loaf!! Resist the temptation to cut into it straight away -- let it cool to room temperature first; there's still important fermentation magic happen in there as it cools! ENJOY!

Some of my go-to bread resources are:
The Perfect Loaf website
Chad Roberston's "Tartine Bread"
Jeffrey Hamelman's "Bread"
Jordan Bourke's "Healthy Baking"
Sarah Owens' "Sourdough"

I hope you're all staying positive during the COVID-19 madness. We'll get through it! (And it'll be even better if we can get through it WITH BREAD!)

Keep it quirky, everyone. Love, Katie

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[UPDATE, FOR CLARIFICATION] -- Some people have asked me about what to do with the starter they don't put into their dough mix. My response:

Let's call your sourdough starter your "maintenance starter" -- you'll take a small portion of the maintenance starter and feed it for the dough mix ... let's call that your "dough mix starter." This is what you'll put (most of, based on its weight) into the dough mix after the autolyse.

The leftover dough mix starter that wasn't needed for the dough mix can either be thrown out, or put in a jar in the fridge "discard starter" -- for use in other ways.

Also, when I make/feed my dough mix starter, I'll usually also feed my maintenance starter (in a separate bowl). So I'll also have discard starter from that morning, which was neither used to feed the dough mix starter, nor the maintenance starter. Make sense?
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