Epic & Easy Home Sourdough Bread

Bringing bread back down to earth! Empower yourself with this simple ancestral skill for any busy lifestyle.

What you'll learn
Bake amazing sourdough bread at home with ease
Understand all baking terms like 'hydration', 'proof', 'shape' and more
Learn to bake both in tins and open using a proofing basket
Understand the role of gluten in bread baking
See how to incorporate alternative grains into your bread
Start and maintain a sourdough starter
Understand the role different flours (refined white, whole wheat, emmer etc) in your bread
Requirements
This is for beginners and for bakers ready to lift their game. Except for an oven or toaster oven, you don't need any specific equipment!
Description
Delicious, nutritious bread is the cornerstone of humanity, yet modern yeasted breads have left us with tons of gastric disorders and belly upsets. Wild yeast sourdough bread is digestible and incredible nourishing for the whole household, even those with gluten-intolerance. This course brings good bread back to the home level with clear, simple & easy procedures to fit sourdough bread baking into any busy lifestyle from life-long home bread baker & ancestral diet expert, Laura Christie Khanna. The internet is a confusing & complicated place for learning bread making - this course is a down-to-earth approach to making delicious sourdough bread in about 15 minutes of active time. The real work is done by the wild yeast and bacteria during the natural fermentation process. Let food be thy medicine & empower yourself with the ancestral skill of baking nourishing bread at home! Your belly, your taste buds and your family will thank you.The benefits of learning to bake your own sourdough bread are plenty! Firstly, the digestibility and nutrition of a sourdough loaf far surpasses any store bought bread. It also has an amazing moist texture, complex flavor & easily becomes the cornerstone of any meal. Sourdough is characterized by impressive savibility, and thus allows the baker to bake once a week and have bread for a whole household all week long!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: The History of Natural Bread & The Rise of Active Dry Yeast

Lecture 2 History of Sourdough Bread

Section 3: Setting the Record Straight on Gluten

Lecture 3 Understanding Gluten

Section 4: Bread Baking Vocabulary

Lecture 4 Bread Baking Vocabulary

Section 5: Sourdough Starter

Lecture 5 Sourdough Starter

Section 6: Bread Baking 1: Starting the Levain & the Dough

Lecture 6 Bread Making 1: Starting the Dough & Levain

Section 7: Bread Baking 2: Mixing for Bulk Fermentation

Lecture 7 Mixing for Bulk Fermentation

Section 8: Dough Pre & Post Bulk Fermentation

Lecture 8 Dough Pre & Post Bulk Fermentation

Section 9: Bread Baking 3: Stretching the Dough

Lecture 9 Bread Baking 3: Stretching the Dough

Section 10: Bread Baking 4: Proofing

Lecture 10 Bread Baking 4: Proofing

Section 11: Baking, Slicing & Storing Sourdough

Lecture 11 Baking, Slicing & Storing Bread

Everyone who is tired of eating lame store bought bread or paying $8 for an artisanal loaf!