The Sourdough School

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BAKING WITH THE HANDS OF AN ARTISAN AND THE MIND OF A CLINICIAN

Transform your health and wellbeing through your everyday bread. Run from the walled gardens of Dr Vanessa Kimbell's beautiful Victorian home in rural Northamptonshire, we run workshops, retreats and an in depth online Diploma in Baking as Lifetyle Medicine. Book in for a chat today

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How to best add inclusions to sourdough

Discover heritage grains

Water – essential information

What is Autolyse?

Learn why a slow leaven is good for an ambient dough

Mixing the Dough by hand can help lower stress – Ambient Method

Ambient Autolyse

Adding Salt – Ambient Sourdough

Stretch and Fold – Ambient Method

International Recommended flours brands to bake Sourdough

Vanessa Kimbell with a sourdough loaf

Why Do Things Go Wrong?

starter

Have I Killed My Sourdough Starter?

Understanding Mixing Your Dough for a Boule

Shaping Overview

Understanding that Bassinage is a Process that is a Continuation of Mixing

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