All Your Sourdough Questions Answered Plus 40 Endlessly Versatile Recipes

In the sourdough world, where recipes and methods can get really complicated really fast, Elaine Boddy keeps it simple. This all-in-one handbook shares her best tips, tricks and troubleshooting tools for showstopping sourdough success. With practical solutions to every obstacle―whether it’s a busy schedule, slow-to-grow starter or overproofed dough―Elaine proves that everyone can bake beautiful, delicious sourdough with confidence.

Once you’ve got a handle on all things starter, dough and timing, dive into baking with 40 delicious recipes. Learn to use your starter in dozens of different ways, from buttery jam-filled rolls to crusty seed-studded loaves. Try foolproof formulas for ciabatta, baguettes and pizza, and enjoy flavorful creations like Turmeric and Onion Seed Sandwich Loaf or Apricot and Almond Babka Loaf.

Elaine’s practical approach shows how you can manipulate a few simple master recipes to create any kind of shaped, filled or seeded bread you wish. Gorgeous photography with every recipe means inspiration for your next loaf is only ever a page-turn away. Allow Elaine to guide your sourdough journey, and, along the way, you can even become your very own sourdough whisperer.

About the Author: Hi, my name is Elaine and I’m a self taught home baker from the UK. I specialise in making sourdough, and in keeping the process simple, user friendly, time efficient and life friendly. With my processes, the dough fits in with you, not the other way round!

Sourdough is a wonderful thing to make and eat, the process is mindful, fulfilling and full of joy, and the outcome is the healthiest possible form of bread.

In my new book, The Sourdough Whisperer, due out Spring 2022, you will find everything you need to know about how to make sourdough, from starters to finish, how to use and manage your sourdough starter, how to make, manage and understand your dough, and how NOT to be at the whim of either. You’ll find hints and tips that I haven’t shared anywhere else, you’ll find new timetables, new ideas, lots of step by step photos, PLUS 40 recipes all ready for you to enjoy. This book will give you absolute freedom in your sourdough making, for whatever lifestyle you lead, you can make fresh sourdough regularly and simply and always have great, healthy, tasty, homemade bread to eat!

In my first book, Whole Grain Sourdough at Home, you can also discover how to make sourdough from scratch, how to include wholegrain and ancient grains flours, and how to make different sourdough breads.

I hope you enjoy my books and my processes and recipes. If you have any questions please do get in touch.

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