Thanks to everyone who has followed me to my new place, and for all the lovely compliments on the design. Yes, The Brit is quite skilled in web design – but you’d all better be careful or you’re going to give him a big head!
A couple of weeks ago, the amazing bazu heard my desperate pleas for help and graciously sent me some of her sourdough starter. It arrived in dry form, and I somehow managed to bring it back to life without killing it (or anything else) in the process. I owe a huge debt of gratitude to bazu (and also my soul, but that’s another story).
Having never worked with sourdough before, I’m having a good time learning about it and trying different recipes. The first bread I made turned out a bit dense and pale, mostly because I forgot about it and let it over-proof (oops!).
I know the slash pattern on the left one looks kinda like a pot leaf, but it was totally unintentional.
It was still amazingly delicious though, and most of it was consumed by dipping it in olive oil and black pepper, straight up. I’m planning a second batch soon, which I hope will be even more glorious than the first.
Literally, my first thought, “Is that a… marijuana leaf?”
Ha! Glad I’m not the only one who saw that.
Yay for sourdough! I got a starter going earlier in the week and I’m going to give it a go tomorrow (I’m a sourdough virgin as well)… any tips or advice?
Yes, yay for sourdough!
One tip: make sure you put the starter in a VERY LARGE bowl when you feed it, especially if you’ve fed it a large amount and you put it in the (switched-off) oven overnight to keep it safe and don’t realize how much it will expand because otherwise you will end up cleaning sourdough starter off the bottom of your oven… maybe.
Hahahaha! Totally happened to me XD
I love this new blog! And that’s pretty much how I eat 90% of my bread, too! sometimes I add a little bit of salt and balsamic vinegar to the mix…
Balsamic! Why didn’t I think of that?
That bread looks great! I love sourdough. I need to make some new starter!
Sourdough is YUM! Good job, it looks beautiful!
My mom loves sourdough…maybe I will make her some.
wow, making your own sourdough, so ambitious! thanks for the camera advice!