Super Sourdough: The Foolproof Guide to Making World-Class Bread at Home
Spiral-Bound | February 4, 2020
James Morton
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Super Sourdough: The Foolproof Guide to Making World-Class Bread at Home
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From former Great British Baking Show finalist and author of Brilliant Bread, James Morton, the no-nonsense guide to making and baking perfect sourdough bread
Making Super Sourdough is the true test of every aspiring bread-maker. Fickle and delicate, every loaf is unique. And there are a lot of pitfalls to be avoided.
It’s much more than a food: sourdough is a science. Who better than Dr James Morton, baking pedant and fermentation fanatic, to explain the basics for both the uninitiated, and more experienced bakers?
James talks the home baker through everything from starters, flours and hydration, to kneading, shaping, rising, scoring and baking, explaining how to achieve the perfect crust and crumb. With more than 40 sourdough recipes including basic loaves and rolls, baguettes, bagels and buns, clear step-by-step instructions, troubleshooting tips and explanations of what works and why, Super Sourdough is the new, accessible guidebook that bakers everywhere have been waiting for.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Original Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256 pages
ISBN-10: 1787134652
Item Weight: 2.4 lbs
Dimensions: 7.4 x 0.77 x 9.8 inches
Customer Reviews: 4 out of 5 stars 101 to 500 ratings
James Morton is the author of five books including Brilliant Bread, which won the Guild of Food Writers Cookbook of the Year award in 2014, How Baking Works (2015), Brew (2016) and Shetland: Cooking on the Edge of the World (2018). In 2012 he reached the final of TV’s Great British Bake Off. He works as a doctor in Glasgow and owns a brewery in the city.
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