The Sourdough Guide

Welcome to The Sourdough Guide. Your home for tips, stories, and simple lessons on the craft of real sourdough. Whether you’re a beginner or already baking, we’re here to help you learn, grow, and fall in love with the process.
🧬 Sourdough Science: Can Freezing Your Bread Actually Make It Healthier? 🧊🍞
In one of our previous posts, The Sourdough Survival Guide, we showed you how to keep your loaf from going stale. But today, we’re geeking out on the inside of the bread. 🤓✨ We get asked all the time: "Does freezing my sourdough kill the gut-health benefits?" The answer? Not only does it keep the good stuff safe, but it actually creates some nutritional magic along the way! Let’s slice into the biotics. 🔪🧬 🥊 The Battle of the Biotics: Pro vs. Pre First, let’s clear up the confusion between these... Read more...
The Sourdough Lie: Your Starter Isn’t "Vintage," It’s Just Flour and Water 🍞🚫
Let’s be real for a second. We’ve all seen those people. You know the ones, they talk about their sourdough starter like it’s a Royal Newborn. They’ll tell you it was birthed in a Parisian basement in 1924 and hand-carried across the Atlantic in a temperature-controlled vial. 🇫🇷✈️ They’ll try to sell you a teaspoon of it for the price of a fancy steak. 🥩💰 At The Dough, we love the craft, but we hate the fluff. Pull up a chair, have some toasted sourdough (slathered in butter, obviously), and... Read more...
To Slice or Not to Slice? 🥖 (Spoiler: We Choose Not To!)
Let’s talk about the "upper crust" of bakery debates! At The Dough, we get asked all the time: "Can you pop this through the slicer for me?" 🔪 While we love making your life easy, we love great bread even more. That’s why we keep our loaves whole and hearty. It’s not just us being "crusty"—there’s some serious science (and soul) behind it! 🤓✨ 1. The "Stay Fresh" Secret 🛡️💨 Think of the crust as a natural superhero suit. It’s a protective seal that keeps all that lovely moisture locked... Read more...
Why We Need 24 Hours to "Rise" to the Occasion! 🥖✨
Ever wonder why you can’t just click a button and have a warm loaf of The Dough appear instantly? Believe us, if we could teleport bread, we would! 🛸🍞 But the truth is, our bread  isn't "made" it’s grown. Here’s why we need a 24-hour heads-up to get your loaf just right (and why "winging it" is a risky game!). 1. Our Dough Needs a Nap 😴 We don’t use those crazy industrial chemicals that force bread to rise in 30 minutes. Our dough is a bit of a diva, it... Read more...
Your Sourdough isn't Boring, It's Just Under-Salted (or Over-Salted!) 🧂🥖
You’ve spent three days nurturing a starter, folding dough until your arms ache, and timing your bulk fermentation to the minute. You pull the loaf out of the oven, it looks… okay. You slice into it, and it tastes… fine. "Fine" is the enemy of great bread. 🙅 Most of the time, the difference between a "fine" loaf and a world-class sourdough isn't your flour or your fancy Dutch oven. It’s that tiny pile of white crystals you almost forgot to add. Let's talk about why salt is the most... Read more...
The Sourdough Survival Guide: How to Store, Freeze, and Revive Your Loaf 🍞✨
There is nothing quite like the first slice of a fresh sourdough loaf—that crackly crust, the airy crumb, and that signature tang. 😍 But unless you’re feeding a whole rugby team, you probably won't finish a whole loaf in one sitting! 🏉 Because sourdough is "real bread" (no nasty preservatives here! 🌿), it needs a little extra love to stay fresh. At The Dough, we want your last slice to be just as legendary as the first. Here is our definitive guide on how to store, freeze, and reheat your... Read more...
Sourdough Starter to Bread: A Guide to Feedings, Ratios & Keeping Your Starter Happy 🍞✨
There’s something wonderfully grounding about sourdough, the rhythm of feeding your starter, watching it bubble to life, and turning it into bread full of character and flavour.This guide walks you through everything you need to know about your starter: feedings, ratios, and how to keep it strong and predictable. Whether you're just beginning your sourdough journey or building confidence, this is your foundation. 🌾 Where It All Begins 🌱 What Is a Sourdough Starter? A sourdough starter is a living mixture of flour and water.Inside your jar lives wild yeast... Read more...
⭐️ The Beginner’s Guide to Sourdough: What It Is & Why It Matters
Sourdough is more than bread it’s a craft and a return to real, honest ingredients. Here’s everything you need to know to begin your sourdough journey. Read more...