Spelt vs. Rye Sourdough: Which Alternative Flour Works Best for UK Bakers? Walk into any good independent bakery in the UK right now and you will almost certainly find loaves made with something other than plain white wheat flour. Spelt…
7 Signs Your Sourdough Starter Is Ready to Bake With There is a particular kind of frustration that comes with baking a sourdough loaf that refuses to rise. You have followed the recipe, kept your starter on the worktop, fed…
How to Bake Sourdough in a Fan-Assisted Oven: UK Baker’s Guide Most sourdough guides are written with American deck ovens or Dutch ovens in mind, leaving UK home bakers to piece together advice that was never quite meant for them.…
Sourdough Scoring Patterns: A Beginner’s Visual Guide That moment just before you slide your loaf into a screaming hot oven is one of the most satisfying in all of home baking. You’ve spent the better part of two days nurturing…
How to Maintain a Sourdough Starter Through a British Winter If you have ever nursed a sourdough starter through a cold British January, you will know that it can feel less like baking and more like crisis management. Your kitchen…
The Best UK Flour Brands for Sourdough Baking, Tested and Ranked Choosing the right flour is probably the single most consequential decision you make when baking sourdough. You can nail your hydration, perfect your shaping, and manage your fermentation beautifully,…
How to Bake Sourdough Without a Dutch Oven Using UK Kitchen Equipment The Dutch oven has become almost mythologised in sourdough circles. Browse any baking forum or watch a handful of YouTube tutorials and you would be forgiven for thinking…
Why Is My Sourdough So Dense? Troubleshooting a Flat Loaf You have spent three days nurturing your starter, mixed your dough at the crack of dawn, and waited patiently through the long ferment. Then you open the oven door and…
Strong White Bread Flour vs. Wholemeal: Which Is Best for Sourdough in the UK? Walk into any decent UK supermarket or independent mill’s online shop and you will find yourself facing a wall of flour options. For sourdough bakers, the…
The 10 Most Common Sourdough Mistakes British Bakers Make (And How to Fix Them) Sourdough has had quite the moment in Britain. From the first lockdown bread-baking frenzy to the now-permanent shelves of starter kits at Lakeland and Waitrose, millions…