Video: What your Sticky dough should look like and how to handle it.

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Easy Overnight Sourdough

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The basics of sourdough and a bit of geeky stuff

  • What you will Learn.....4
  • Before we start
  • Need To chat?7
  • Why I don't use my Thermomix or standmixer to make sourdough9
  • Are there really benefits to making and eating Sour Dough Bread?
  • Sourdough Pre-ferments and Commercial Yeast What are they?
  • Bec’s Notes on Flour:6
  • Geeky stuff: Things that may help you along the way for making a starter from scratch. 4
  • Geeky Stuff: Fermentation
  • Geeky Stuff: What are yeasts?
  • Geeky Stuff: What Sourdough Needs To Be Successful

About Starters and Three Different Starter Recipes To Choose From

  • Before you start building your Sourdough Starter:9
  • Basic Sourdough Starters Explained In This Course
  • Making a Traditional Sourdough Starter from Scratch Water/flour6
  • Mad Millie Sourdough Culture:3
  • Bec's Quick Yoghurt Sourdough Starter:21
  • Can't get your starter working? Want some of mine?
  • How to reconstitute Bec's dried starter
  • Oh no I think my starter is dead? 4
  • Preserving your Starter for later use4
  • What should your starter look like for my method?2

Replenishing, Refreshing And Feeding Your Starter:

  • When do I feed my sourdough starter once it's made?15
  • Video: Feeding your starter to store in the fridge10

Ingredients and Equipment

  • Ingredients: Basic ingredients are all you need7
  • Equipment I use: you don't need much20
  • Proving chambers: how to make one at home2
  • Seeds and Grains3
  • Video: How to season a Banneton to prevent sticking4
  • When not to put your dough straight into your banneton
  • No banneton, No problem4

Making and Baking Day

  • What do I have to do to my starter before I can use it?:6
  • Making Sourdough bread5
  • Deferring the baking with refrigeration:2
  • Baking know how: How long, How brown, How Hot2

Start here if you really can't wait: The Overnight Loaf

  • Overnight loaf basics7
  • Before you start, have a read or watch the video4
  • Video: Easy Overnight Sourdough Process 21
  • My method from start to finish for easy overnight loaves14
  • Video: Adding inclusions to your overnight sourdough8
  • Video: Baking off your loaf in a stainless pot8
  • Want to see me do that again7
  • Downloadable: Method chart, from start to finish
  • Downloadable: Sourdough recipe templates13
  • Overnight Sourdough Coffee Scrolls 2
  • Sourdough Cinnamon Scrolls With Images
  • How to stretch and fold your dough4
  • Downloadable: My Sourdough temperature chart
  • Downloadable: Sourdough Starter Crackers
  • Downloadable: Sourdough Hot Cross Buns.pdf
  • Downloadable: Fillings for a Savoury Twist Loaf .pdf
  • What about Pizza? 4
  • Easy Overnight Sourdough Focaccia2

Faults, Tips and More Geeky Stuff

  • We want steam
  • Why is my sourdough heavy and not quite right?
  • Ovens
  • What can I do with my sourdough starter if I need to go away?
  • Why has my loaf split wide open?
  • Why is my bread still doughy inside?2
  • You want to make a loaf today but your Starter isn't ready?
  • Myth Busters
  • Even more geeky stuff: Links to other websites that have great information
  • Why don't I have big bubbles?
  • How sticky should your dough be?6
  • Video: What your Sticky dough should look like and how to handle it.
  • If you're having trouble with this method download and give it a shot7
  • Drying out a viable starter for later. How to dry and reconstitute your dried starter2

Glossary of Baking Terms

  • Glossary of Terms:

Congratulations: You're at the end of our Sourdough Basics Course

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  • How much did you learn?
  • What Now? 9