How To Make The Best Sourdough Bread | Dear Test Kitchen
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- Опубліковано 3 чер 2024
- Baker and James Beard award-winning author Sarah Owens walks our Test Kitchen Director Josh Cohen through each step of making homemade sourdough bread, and answers all of your questions! GET SARAH'S RECIPE ►►f52.co/33wdrh8
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0:58 - How to Tell If Your Leaven Is Ready
1:30 - How to Prepare Your Sourdough Bread Dough
3:50 - How to Mix Your Sourdough Bread Dough
6:54 - How to Add Salt to Your Sourdough Bread Dough
8:32 - The Bulk Fermentation Stage
9:07 - The "Stretch and Fold" Technique
11:43 - The Pre-Shape Stage
13:37 - The Final Shaping
16:44 - Getting Ready to Bake
18:29 - How to Score Your Sourdough Bread Loaves
21:01 - How to Bake Sourdough Bread
23:43 - The Taste Test
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Okay, I watched the video several times, printed the recipe for one loaf, followed the video while I made my bread. My bread came out beautiful and tasty, best sour dough bread ever!! I proofed my bread in a small colander and my loaf rose into a beautiful ball of dough and baked to perfection. I will be making this bread a lot in the future! Thank you for the great instruction video.
So glad you found Sarah's tutorial helpful, Denise!
I loved it so much I bought her bread book
@Markus Patients No, I followed the recipe as printed.
@Markus Patients try it, let me know how it comes out, sounds like it could be very tasty
Markus Patients egg 🥚🍳 yolk
she is so relaxing to watch. I love it. I think I could watch her make bread all the time lol
So glad you enjoyed, Angelica!
True. But after all this I think I will just buy quality sourdough from artisan bakery 🤣
@ Grateful Princess of God Right, you should just buy your bread. We'd all so hate to see your gentle fingers getting twisted while handling all that dough. After all you are God's little princess.
Beautiful bread!
I could watch this every day for the rest of my life. This is hands down the best sourdough video out there. Beautiful bread plus beautiful bakers
Love this lady's charisma, she has sort of a Julia Roberts vibe to her. Love how she explains.
Same!! It’s so easy to follow her!
Yes, Julia Roberts.
WOW - I can't say I've ever heard all the bases covered this completely before. She did a FANTASTIC job.
So glad you enjoyed Sarah's tutorial, Richard!
the best sourdough coach in the world, she covered all bases, great great video....
Sarah was amazing im so hooked on this
I have been making sourdough bread for years (about a loaf every 5 days) but this video has given me answers to many of my questions. This takes bread making to such a higher level.
So glad you enjoyed Sarah's tutorial, Tyler!
Phantom Alpha The fermenting cycle is magic to the desired texture and flavor I've been seeking. I leave my dough in the refrigerator for several days before rising and the difference is amazing.
Tyler Woods, Would you mind re-posting the recipe please? It seems the link you sent working anymore. Thank you
Is there an important technique you would recommend to making sourdough ?
She’s so knowledgeable
I had never made sour dough bread before. I watched this video about 10 times before my first attempt. I have now made it about 6 times and each time I make it my loaves are beautiful and delicious! Thank you so much for this wonderful video!
Have the book. Love the recipes and love to bake from it. As one obsessed bread baker I enjoy watching her do her thing. thank you so much for sharing.
So glad you enjoyed the video! We agree -- Sarah's tutorials are so helpful!
Just assigned trying a sour dough starter as a distance learning project during this school shutdown, we used this video to help us understand, thank you!
This girl is absolutely amazing! I watched a lot of videos and reviewed a lot of recipes and wow! She knows her stuff. You can tell that she is a bread expert. I hope that you tell her that I really really appreciate her knowledge on sourdough. I am impressed, as someone who bakes a lot... She is on point!
So to break this down, you need good quality flour, a scale, knowledge of the metric system, enameled dutch oven and a starter? Oh and a lovely person, with the most soothing voice on the planet, to talk you through bread making got it.
I have flour so far.
To be con't...
ps. Thanks for the content. Truly it was great.
Glad you enjoyed Wayne! Let us know how your bread turns out!
@@food52 ... I don't think the cowboys on the trail had most of those things... maybe the dutch oven... and made bread often... The day I use a scale to measure flour and water, is the day I need to go back to buying bread. They had a jar/tin with some starter in it; some salt, flour and water, probably from a creek. They cooked it in the dutch oven on an open fire with some coals piled on top. I'll bet it was great. Making bread should be joyful.
@@smallfootprint2961 I keep feeling the same thing.
One of the most informative and easy to watch/listen to demonstrations/tutorials on sour dough bread I have seen yet .. I absolutely LOVE that she uses the scoring process to add the most beautiful decorative enhancement to the loaves .
I watch a lot of UA-cam tutorials on various subjects and this is the best I have seen. Expert and experienced instruction, clear focus, purely useful info without wasting a minute. Thanks! Making my first bread this weekend.
I really liked this. Lots of good details to note and come back to. I love the scribing of the dough before baking. Beautiful results. Thank you.
Thanks -- so glad you found Sarah's tutorial useful, Kevin!
I have been making sourdough bread for years and never have I had the visual results this video produced. I was so excited when I opened by dutch oven and saw this beautiful loaf. I promptly ordered her book. Thank you!
So glad you enjoyed Sarah's tutorial, Jose!
I did the exact same thing!!
I literally know this video by heart since I watch it every single time I make bread. This recipe and method never failed me. Best avocado toast sourdough!
Delicious!
Thank you for putting all the instructions and recipe in the description. Very much appreciated!
The instructions are perfect and with a speak easy voice for teaching, it was so easy to watch!
Glad you enjoyed Sarah's tutorial, Cat!
I’m new to bread making and looking for videos to venture into sourdough, this one it the best I’ve seen. Lots of answers to why in addition to how. Thanks.
This is by far the most informative of the sourdough videos... great pace of delivery and easy to follow. Thank you Sarah.
I've been making sorudough for a while now and I still learned quite a bit. Thanks Sarah Owens, I should probably buy your book too.
This is by far, the most informative video I've seen on how to make sourdough. Thank you for posting! I had several fails, and after following Sarah's recipe, I finally made a beautiful loaf!
Normally I wouldn't have the patience to learn something like this. Now they we are under stay at home orders Im learning so much
I read a book on sourdough (not Sarah's) and got completely overwhelmed. I found this video (plus Bake with Jack and Culinary Exploration) and decided that I could indeed do this. I watched this video tons, used it as as step by step as I baked and SUCCESS! My only hiccup was that I divided my dough when they did so in the video and I realized in the end that I should have not divided it all. I ended up with 2 small loaves and had to watch the bake time very closely. I'm looking forward to my next bake day! And I'm grateful that I got a really good deal a few years ago from Food52 on a beautiful Staub Cocette 24 with a glass lid. It was perfect for this and I was able to keep an eye on things through the lid. I do hope you'll bring Sarah back someday for more baking lessons. She's a lovely and calming guide!
I really appreciate watching masters at work- it’s a little like watching mom in the kitchen. Makes a huge difference from just reading a recipe. Thank you!
This, by far, has been THE best informed tutorial on sourdough bread making! Thank you!!!
Glad you enjoyed, Debbie!
This is the best video, I have tried several step-by-step videos, and only from following her steps that I got the best result.
Glad you enjoyed Sarah's tutorial, Andrew!
What a pleasure to watch! Thank you for teaching all this almost forgotten techniques. When I was young I didn't think about learning how to do it from my granny. Luckily you are here! Thanks to both of you
So glad you enjoyed watching, Maxim! Let us know if you try it!
Excellent instruction. I'm relatively new to sourdough and I've seen tons of videos and read plenty, this one has answered all my questions. Thank you!!
her explanation is so good and her voice is so pleasant!!
Glad you enjoyed Sarah's tutorial, Prasad!
Legend has it he is still blushing today.
there was chemistry there, the forbidden kind
Yes ,thought I was the only one that was wondering about the chemistry 😉 something odd ;)
Tuck, gently poke, lightly powder, work it, tug it, nice and supple, edible loaf, looks like a mummy, capture that steam, moisture is a big component, gently massage, no one likes a mouth full of flour, confidence is really key at this point, emancipate the steam, using a pizza stone introduce steam into your oven. Yeah, being a "young guy" I'm sure he was having a hard time holding a straight face. "Once you close the door, you're baking with steam".
@@chrisalister2297 wait lightly powder... ? You alright Chris?
I have a bowl you have a bowl mine looks different than yours 😂
the pace of this video is on point! her voice is very relaxing and the directions + visuals were SO helpful!
Beautiful job and lesson. I really appreciate how positive and encouraging Sarah approaches this demo. Lovely bread! Thank you!
Thanks, Gregory -- glad you enjoyed Sarah's tutorial!
Amazing execution, Sarah Owens. 10/10.
Thanks Juan, glad you enjoyed Sarah's tutorial!
Absolutely loved this, and hopefully I can bake some sourdough bread with success. Very relaxing, soothing to watch. Just had a cup of coffee, but the calm was stronger. I will watch this when trying to unwind from a busy day!
Hi Kathy, glad you found this video calming! Let us know how it goes when you bake sourdough!
This is one of the best recipes ever! It’s incredible!!! Tried it and it’s gonna be my basic bread! Thank you sooo much! 🥰
Just friendly and outstanding. This video answered so many of my questions, like final proof. There are so many nuances that you covered that make the entire process sensible. Thank you.
Thank You for the step by step instructions, I followed everything you said and it turned out great, I baked mine in the out door brick oven ...it was my first time making sour dough bread and Im so happy with it, your great at teaching and I wish I could send you a picture of it...Thank YOU!
So glad you found Sarah's tutorial helpful! We wish we could see a picture of the finished sourdough loaf too!
The lady is so gentle and relaxing!
Best descriptive video I’ve seen, simple, not fussy, and knowledgeable.
Hi Di, so glad you enjoyed!
This loaf is my go-to loaf. When the four situation got challenging with Covid, I used this to test the new flours. Thank you so so so much for this!!!!
I watch ALOT of bread-making videos ... THIS ONE IS THE BEST SO FAR THANK YOU, FOLKS !!!!
Thanks, so glad you found this useful!
I just want to say THANK YOU! I watched this video and one other (for my starter) and have varied a bit on both. I was so nervous as this was my first sourdough ever and it turned out AMAZING!! I have not tasted it yet (has to cool down completely) but it lifted and the scoring turned out gorgeous! Thank you so much for the in-depth and detailed video!!!!
I made my first “Pure” sourdough bread this past week after 40 years of bread baking - WOW - it came out perfectly! I’ve done the parchment paper lift before - works beautifully for baking in the Dutch oven. My Lodge cast iron Dutch oven does not darken the loaf on the bottom - am just saying. Thank you for your passion & expertise - you’re an exceptional teacher! The taste & texture are out of this world! 👏👏👏
Thank you Sarah and Josh, just had my very first attempt in making sourdough, it looks and smells amazing. I didn’t have a Dutch oven and used my pillivuyt casserole baking dish with lid and it worked. I didn’t have any of the bowls or utensils you used but used whatever I had that was similar and voila..... now waiting with for the loaf to cool. Best tutorial ever!
Sarah, I bought your book and now have seen your video. Great job in both cases and it brings back memories of when we worked together on making shots of your artwork!
Good to see you again. Stay well. Bob
Thank you so very much. You answered a lot of my questions without me even asking.
Loved it.
Glad you enjoyed Sarah's tutorial, Lalit!
Finally! You are the first person who explained the cloth first then plastic covering! I've always wondered why both. Thanks!
I need to thank you so very much for this. I followed your instructions to the letter and my bread turned out amazing!
So far this is one of the most informative recipe i've seen.
So glad you found Sarah's tutorial useful!
haime cayanan I agree!😀
@@food52 I want to echo Haime. THIS is how to show someone how to make bread. Step by Step by Step. No massive cuts. Properly and visually explained. One of the best bread videos I've ever seen. Not that I like stretch and fold style ( I love kneading ). Bread making seems to be one of those topics where you need to see it happening to get it. Bravo! Sorry for gushing. I just wish there were more videos like this when I was learning to make bread.
Possibly the best sourdough video out there. She is absolutely extraordinary. Good job!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed!
What I've learned in this video is invaluable. I use a different recipe, but the shaping, the techniques and reasoning behind them, all inform how I form my loaves. And each of the approximately 7 loaves I've created after watching this has been delicious. Thank you to both Sarah and Josh for demystifying this process! I have it memorized!!
Hi. Many thanks for the great full recipe from your link. It will be a great help.Thanks again.
What a great video! Thanks for the clear instructions and speaking calmly. It can be very frustrating when a person speaks too slowly or super fast. You're just right!
Excellent explanation of the whole process - not just what to di but why and what is happening. Thanks!
Thanks Suzanne, glad you found Sarah's tutorial useful!
Thanks so much!! I think I've finally made the perfect loaf!! I'll let you know tomorrow!! Brilliant instructions!!
Great video. Thank you very much for posting this. I am a few months into my sourdough journal and ready to take it to the next level. This explains exactly how to do it.
I love her!! I’ve always been intimidated by sourdough. She made me feel like I could do it! I’m trying this recipe for sure!
Without a doubt in my mind the best video I have found on baking sourdough bread. Very thorough, offering insights, alternatives and food chemistry information without being overbearing, tedious or condescending. Great video production values as well. Thanks for this.
Thanks Milan, so glad you enjoyed Sarah's tutorial!
I'm reading Sarah's book now and I'm so glad I found this video. The book, Sourdough, by Sarah Owens, is amazing! I highly recommend it if you're into learning about breadmaking.
So glad you found Sarah's tutorial helpful, Bobby!
LOVE this video. I have been working making a perfect loaf of sourdough (oh..so many fails!) I appreciate all the extra advice and science, that help with the things I've done wrong. Love you two together. Keep on baking!
So glad you found Sarah's tutorial useful!
13:26.."I just want to suggest to it what shape I want it to be" : ))... bread whisperer...
hahahahaha
I hear her saying that every time I shape a loaf now. It keeps me from getting to aggressive with it lol
Never considered adding salt later. But just put together another loaf, and I could really tell the difference between letting the flour hydrate, and just mixing everything together all at once :) !
Thanks! Also the whole steam part was a brand new insight to me.
Glad you found Sarah's tutorial helpful, Mathias!
I have used her method and my bread is always perfect. Thank you so much for the video!
I think they're BOTH just great and I enjoyed learning along with Josh who was a keen student too
Bread is life.
I have watched this so many times and have made 4 loaves with my minor tweaks. Thank you so much!!
This is the main video I used to start making sourdough years ago, very informational and really helps
Finally a straightforward and comprehensive guide to sourdough that doesnt try to pver mystify the subject.
I didn't have time to stretch n fold every 30 minutes, so I just kneaded the bread til it was elastic. It turned out to be an amazing loaf
Thanks for sharing, Jakob -- so glad you enjoyed Sarah's recipe!
Great stuff! When putting the loaf in the Dutch oven I usually hit it with some sprays of water, to get that extra nice caramelisation on the crust. Learned this from french guy alex.
That's a great tip -- thanks for sharing!
Following this recipe made my first sourdough-only white bread. Minus problems with scoring it all went as was supposed to. Really great explanatory no-fuss video, so helpful. Thanks a lot!
Looks amazing. Thank you for sharing. Enjoy baking!!
Thanks Mary Jane -- glad you enjoyed Sarah's tutorial!
I was surprised to see how many comments saying he looked uncomfortable. This is classic cougar love right here. Hot, sweaty, dough makin' cougar love. Cameras off, crew rolls home, glass of wine, wait until that bread is ready to cut? Done. Game, set, match.
Extremely professional and informative sourdough making video though. 10/10 control on steam side up.
"I got that Old Fashion Romantic feeling"----Lloyd Christmas
10 years ago i ate a really good humble cheese sandwich in Budapest. It's just cheese tucked in between 2 slices of bread, a brownish color bread. It was amazing. the cheese was good (as usual) but the bread was really amazing. Every time I went to a fancy sandwich shop in Singapore, I had been hoping to taste the same thing but it never happened. While watching this video I'm thinking to myself, that sourdough bread slice looks exactly like the Budapest sandwich! I won't give up until I can make a good sourdough bread at home !
I immediately went to Amazon and bought her book. Great video. Just now watching it again. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed Sarah's tutorial, Micki!
i tryed 3 different types of sourdough bread and the only one getting perfect every time is yours :)sooo good and moist.
So glad you enjoyed Sarah's tutorial!
"Do you ever just take a bite out of it raw?"
"No, but I would love to see you do that"
PAUSE.
This very educated & knowledgable Video has been the BEST I’ve ever watched! But Very simple to understand ! Thank you so very much!!
So glad you enjoyed, Becky!
This is truly an artwork. So beautiful.
I wish I can speak like her, so calm and so soothing.
Beautifull bread,my first time baking sourdough and it went perfect :)read so many resepies and just endes up frustrated,this was so good.Thank you.
So glad to hear you found the video useful, Lise!
Resepies? Are u joking me? Learn to spell please, its recipes
Thanks Sarah and James, some great tips in this.
Oh my god!!! This is a first class bread , many thanks!!! I love it, and her it teaches very well.
So glad you enjoyed, Casanellas!
I love making sourdough bread I sometimes substitute half the water for a good quality flavoured beer or stout it really give the bread a fantastic flavour give it a try !.
I was wondering about this. I had half a thought to substitute some of the water for beer it, but as a beginner with the sourdough making process, I wasn't sure if it would help or harm the dough. I have made standard yeast loaves with beer and red chili flakes in the past and thought it'd be a great flavor add to sourdough. Thanks for the info. Going to try it on my next batch of sourdough bread.
Great instructional video! Very helpful and thorough... I have one Q: How big are the proofing baskets? I know the video mentioned that this recipe is good for two loafs, but by eyeballing the dough, I am assuming that the baskets you are using are pretty small. If you provide the size, that might help the viewers decide about what vessels they should use, as well as the proofing time. Thank you very much for sharing!
did you get the answer to your question? i was wondering the same thing. What is the size of the proofing baskets?
This makes one loaf!
An 8 inch round banneton is suitable for approx. 1 pound or 500g of dough while a 10 inch round banneton will be fine for 2 pounds or 1kg of dough.
Thank you so much! This video is fantastic. I never made sourdough bread before, but was gifted a starter. I followed the instructions on this video and the accompanying recipe and it came out so good! I will definitely be making it again.
So glad you found Sarah's tutorial helpful!
Long and away the best video on sourdough I’ve found. Bravo. Looking for your starter video now.
Great calm instruction from a beautiful lady. This looks like the best sourdough instruction I’ve seen
Zexcellent video tutorial! Thank you!💕
Thanks Linda, glad you found Sarah's tutorial useful!
Hi Sarah, just baked your honeyed Spelt and Oat Levain bread. The loaves turned out fantastic, rise and taste, love your book, thanks for sharing your knowledge and wisdom!
Sarah is wonderful and educational to watch. She is a wonderful teacher. I could watch her all day!
Thanks Ron, glad you enjoyed Sarah's tutorial!
You can tell that she normally teaches in person cause she keeps looking at him instead of the camera... You can tell he doesn't like the eye contact lol!
I'd be nervous too. She is so lovely.
David Larsen she just doesn’t know his skill level
She's got more than bread on her mind, if you know what I mean.
@@JohnnyTwoFingers I don't... what do you mean?
@@davidlarsen838 The dough isn't the only thing rising.
The best tutorial ever. Thank you, Sarah Owen. I’m two months new to bread making. Oh, the joy. Made 1/2 this recipe to produce one loaf. Mistake. Hard to manipulate small amount of dough. However, as I type my teeny tiny loaf is resting in the fridge and I have great hope that tomorrow evening I’ll be enjoying a slice of bread made with my own hands. Will be buying Sarah’s Sourdough book. Gotta’ learn more techniques.
BEGINNER?? WATCH THIS!!! This is the BEST all in one video for true sourdough home baker beginners! I like that I am not sold anything via advertisements during and the presenters are FANTASTIC and chill and not over the top. I don't need anything faaauncy just the basics in an easy to follow and pause-able video. I still refer back to this when I have taken a break from baking and need a refresher! My bread always turns out beautiful! Slainte! Thanks so much y'all ROCK MY SOCKS!😋
I've watched many videos on sour dough bread baking. This is by far the best!
Thanks so much BJ -- glad you enjoyed Sarah's tutorial!
After some disastrous results in my earlier bread baking I now feel like I might be able to conquer what is know as SOURDOUGH Bread!!!! Woop woop
That's great to hear! Let us know how it goes!
Lady reminds me so much of Julia Roberts.
I was just about to, write is it just me or is she the Julia Roberts of the baking world lol
It’s the nose lol
I agree
Bake Pray Love
I thought the same thing!
great instruction, she has a very calm relaxing tone, not boring, but keeps your inerest . thanks for the informative video.
Glad you enjoyed -- thanks Douglas!
One of the best I've seen. Thank you.