For years now I’ve been baking bread at home for my family. It started when my middle child was two, she’s 22 now. I started out with a Sunbeam Bread maker and we suffered through my early efforts long enough for me to become fairly proficient.
I started branching out from standard loaves to focaccia and pizza dough. My family now claim they prefer our home bread to “shop bread”, and some of their friends have even jumped on board. One boyfriend used to be very happy when he stayed over and was sent off the next day with a packed lunch containing a sandwich.
I always thought that one day I’d like to try making sourdough from a starter, and then came Covid19 and all the world were confined to home and looking for activities to fill their days. One of my friends obtained a starter from someone, and offered some to me.
Apparently all starters need a name, I chose Claudette. So Claudette resides in my kitchen now and with her help I’ve been baking sourdough. Slow bread, tasty, crusty, good. I use this book “Artisan Sourdough made simple” by Emilie Raffa as my guide.
Super simple and the rewards mmmm so tasty.