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Good option for beginners and intermediate bakers

alessia's picture
alessia

Good option for beginners and intermediate bakers

Super Sourdough by James Morton

Super Sourdough : The Foolproof Guide to Making World-Class Bread at Home: James Morton: 9781787134652: hive.co.uk 

I have recently bought this book, I think it's great for the beginner or intermediate sourdough baker. 

James Morton was a Bake Off (UK) finalist but he is also a doctor so he has a scientific and no nonsense approach to baking that I like. He explains everything step by step, and goes into a lot of details about each but also giving the option to just skip to the essential bits, if one doesn't want to know about different bacteria and dough science. 

I haven't yet tried the recipes, but I can already say that this is the bread book I was looking for: only covering sourdough, full of clear information,  troubleshooting common issues, and achievable recipes with easy to find flours. I look forward to attempting his basic bread recipe this week.

Has anyone else here got this book? 

 

 

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idaveindy

The Kindle ebook is currently on sale/discount in some countries too:

UK: £ 2.84. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Super-Sourdough-James-Morton-ebook/dp/B07V1HJNFW

US: $3.99. https://www.amazon.com/Super-Sourdough-James-Morton-ebook/dp/B07V1HJNFW

AU: $4.74. https://www.amazon.com.au/Super-Sourdough-James-Morton-ebook/dp/B07V1HJNFW

Not currently discounted in EU (€9.45), and Canada ($15.89).

 

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justkeepswimming

I read the free Kindle sample last night. It does look interesting, so I went ahead and ordered the paper version. 

Thanks for the tip!

alessia's picture
alessia

I had been looking for this kind of book ever since I started sourdough baking (January this year) - online information is really overwhelming and there is so much conflicting advice...I feel that this book was exactly what I needed.