Taming the Wild Yeasts – Make your own Sourdough Bread

Description

If you love the smell of fresh bread in your house, you are interested in baking, and would like to learn about the amazing benefits of using wild yeast to make a delicious loaf of Sourdough bread, then this course is for you. This course will introduce you to the art of bread making without added yeasts (though we might add some yeast for the purpose of reducing the rising time to be able to bake our bread on the course). On this course you will learn about the benefits of Sourdough Bread, make your own sourdough starter to take home, work with a sourdough starter and learn all the steps to turn a starter into a delicious loaf of traditional German Sourdough Bread. You will also learn about two different techniques (knead and no knead technique) on how to work with sourdough, get an idea and watch how to make a gluten free starter and understand how to work with it (we will not go into the details of baking gluten free breads). We will bake together and sample a loaf of bread and find out what you can do with your surplus sourdough as an alternative to dispatching it. Try out two recipes – a savoury and a sweet recipe – using the sourdough that would usually be discarded and sample them for lunch! Take home lots of handouts full of the knowledge that will help you to practice at home what you learnt at the course! All ingredients will be vegan. The breads are made out of a mix of rye and wheat flour. All proceeds from our events and holidays are ploughed directly back into managing our 40 acre nature reserve. Thank you for your support and please do come to visit soon.

What's included in the price?

Face to face teaching, all ingredients and light refreshments. Please get in contact beforehand if you have any special dietary requirements. Please bring £8, payable on arrival to the tutor in cash to cover ingredients

Cancellation policy

Medium - Cancellation and a full refund can be obtained up to 4 weeks before the course starts

Maker

Denmark Farm Conservation Centre

with Craft Courses since 2013

Message the tutor

Denmark Farm Conservation Centre is a 40 acre nature reserve managed by the charity The Shared Earth Trust. We host a range of craft, sustainable living, conservation and ecology courses with all profits ploughed back into caring for the nature and wildlife on site.