This video is specifically for beginner Sourdough bread bakers and covers the 5 Beginner Mistakes and dozens of other tips. The video follows every step of the Sourdough baking process, using the Tartine Basic Country Loaf recipe and process. The video is brought to you by Tom, a relatively new sourdough baker from Cleveland, Ohio and was created “by a beginner, for beginners.” It covers the end-to-end process and is a "by the book" recording of this popular recipe in real-time. This is not a scripted, “studio bake.”
The 5-part video includes:
- Recipe Selection and Preparation
- Leaven Build
- Autolyse/Fermentolyse
- Add Salt
- Bulk Fermentation
- Stretch and Fold
- Rough Shaping
- Final Shaping of Loaves
- Overnight Proofing
- Scoring the Loaves
- Baking the Loaves
- Summary of Process
The video discusses the Five Beginner Mistakes
1. Recipe Improvisation
2. Flour Substitution
3. Inaccurate Weights and Measures
4. Failure to Monitor Temperature and Time
5. Impatiences
The video also answers beginner’s most common questions including:
- How to select a recipe
- What flours to use?
- What water to use?
- What salt to use?
- How does a Leaven differ from a Starter?
- What are the best bowls to use?
- What other tools are required?
- When is the starter ready?
- When is the Leaven ready?
- Why do we do Stretch and Fold?
- When is bulk fermentation done?
- What is a proofing box?
- Why do we need a proofing box
- How can I create a proofing chamber?
- How do I preheat the dutch oven?
- When is the bread done baking?
- How long should I wait before cutting?
- How can I modify the baking schedule?
- What are the keys to a successful loaf?
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Part 1: Sections
0:00 Intro
1:02 Recipe Selection
1:45 Beginner Mistake #1: Recipe Improvisation
4:01 Preparation / Cheat Sheet
4:44 Overview of the Tartine Method
6:21 Day 1: Step 1 - Leaven
8:21 Day 1: Evening: Making the Leaven
8:46 Leaven Ingredient #1: Sourdough Starter
10:41 Leaven Ingredient #2: Flour
11:31 Beginner Mistake #2: Flour Substitution
15:26 Leaven Ingredient #3: Water
17:36 Day 1: Evening: Making the Leaven
18:43 Beginner Mistake #3: Inaccurate Weights and Measures
21:11 Day 1: Evening: Mixing the Leaven (finally!)