Archive → July, 2010
Ashley: San Francisco-Style Sourdough Bread
Well somebody is being an extreme slow poke when it comes to baking breads! I baked this bread awhile ago but Adam has yet to make his. And he’s the sourdough lover! We are however having a family burger and bun competition tonight where we’ve both prepared hamburger buns (and other people did the burgers), so we’ll see if his rusty bread making skills can beat my well practiced ones. 
While I really love bread, I’ve never liked (in fact I’ve strongly disliked) sourdough bread. So for many years I’ve avoided it. But I was both happy and wary to give it another chance. And as it turns out, I actually really liked this bread. But it doesn’t have a very strong sour taste as I remember sourdough having, so maybe that’s why. And I’m assuming that’s because my sourdough starter was only left for 24 hours (as instructed in the book) – whereas other sourdough starters are probably much older when they’re used, so they’ve had more time to develop flavour. When it first came out of the oven, the crust was wonderfully crisp (my favourite part) but overnight it’s softened. The inside is soft, light and airy – which is what I expected from the French bread/baguette but didn’t get. Overall a really great bread for sandwiches, french toast, snacking, anything.
