The Sourdough School

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Learn to bake, eat, and share the healthiest bread in the world. Discover how to bake as Lifestyle Medicine from the walled gardens of Dr Vanessa Kimbell’s beautiful Victorian home in rural Northamptonshire in the UK, where we train healthcare professionals, teach bakers, and support individuals to bake personalised bread using nutrigenetics and gut health assessments.

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Classic French ambient Sourdough Boule – a Helpful Chart

Learning Objective

This lesson provides an illustrated step-by-step approach to making a classic French sourdough. You will learn how to make an ambient sourdough boule with visual prompts to aid a beginner baker.

Learning Outcome

You will be able to recognise what a classic French ambient sourdough boule looks like at each stage in order to feel confident in baking this traditional loaf.

If you are a beginner and you want to start baking, this short lesson provides an illustrated step-by-step approach to making a classic French ambient sourdough boule. To continue reading, subscribe now for unlimited access. Subscribe

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All reasonable care is taken when advising about health aspects of bread, but the information that we share is not intended to take the place of treatment by a qualified medical practitioner. You must seek professional advice if you are in any doubt about any medical condition. Any application of the ideas and information contained on this website is at the reader's sole discretion and risk.

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