The Sourdough School

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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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Classic recipes

These are our classic and master formulas

We highly recommend that you bake the boule recipes at least  7 times to get them right.  This is the number of times we know it takes to get a rhythm and build up your familiarity and confidence with each recipe.

Please post your bake and the number on the forum.

Estimated time: 46 hours (approx. 2 hours per recipe)

Sourdough Pastry

Master Method: Classic Savoury Sourdough Pastry

Classic Sourdough Boule 30% Introducing Botanical Blend No.2 – Retarded

50% Wholemeal Classic Sourdough Boule – Ambient

50% Wholemeal Classic Sourdough Boule – Retarded

bagettes on the table

The Classic Diversity Sourdough Baguettes – Ambient

Opening up the crumb with Higher Hydration – 20% Wholemeal Classic Sourdough Boule: Retarded

Our 100% Wholemeal Classic Sourdough Boule – Ambient

wholegrain sourdough boule

Classic 100% Wholegrain Sourdough Boule – Retarded

Sourdough Brioche dough

Master Method: Our Classic Sourdough Brioche

20% Chocolate Chip & Spiced Rye Classic Sourdough Boule – Retarded – Mid Hydration

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