GETTING STARTED WITH SOURDOUGH

Our ONE DAY GETTING STARTED WITH SOURDOUGH CLASS is suitable for everyone, whether you have baked bread before or not. The class focuses on the essentials of sourdough baking and incorporates the techniques necessary for you to be successful with sourdough. 

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During the course of the day you will prepare, bake and take home a variety of different bread. Typically, you will bake three sourdough loaves - a country loaf, a seeded country loaf and a rye. You will also learn how to make and shape pizza.  All these loaves are raised with a sourdough starter, and the class will show you how to make and sustain a sourdough starter, along with teaching kneading and shaping styles.

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You will take home all you need to bake sourdough:  a sourdough starter, a banneton, & dough cutter, notes & recipes and the confidence to have a go! 

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The course will include:
-Making and sustaining a sourdough starter

-Simple sourdough recipe
-Fermentation & proving 
-Managing bread making process to suit your schedule  

-Working with different flours 
-Shaping dough  

-Using bannetons  

-Baking times  

-Problem solving

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SPECIFICS 
The class costs £145*.  The class runs from 9.30am to 4.30pm and includes lunch, afternoon tea & coffees throughout the day.  The location is The Old Bakery, Garrett Street, Cawsand, Cornwall PL10 1PD.  There is a maximum of 6 students per day.  

 

*We offer an early bird discount of £20 if is booked & paid for before the end of February 2025.

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NEXT CLASSES - March/April 2025

Sunday 31st March
Monday 1st April

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TO BOOK

To make a booking, please email to check availability and we will send you our bank details for a bank transfer. 

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