Culinary ExplorationThis process is perfect for beginners and produces a thriving sourdough culture for baking amazing artisan sourdough bread. You'll learn how to correctly maintain the starter so you don't waste flour or time.
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Create your own Thriving Sourdough Starter Easily Without Wasting Bags of Time or FlourCulinary Exploration2024-05-04 | This process is perfect for beginners and produces a thriving sourdough culture for baking amazing artisan sourdough bread. You'll learn how to correctly maintain the starter so you don't waste flour or time.
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#sourdoughbakingThe Sourdough Recipe I Wish I Had as a BeginnerCulinary Exploration2025-09-15 | Looking for a beginner-friendly sourdough recipe with more flavour and better nutrition? This country loaf blends whole wheat, spelt, and bread flour into a dough thatโs easy to handle and bakes beautifully.
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As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchasesGet this right first, and youโll nail your crumb every time (case study)Culinary Exploration2025-07-26 | In this video, I reveal the one critical decision that transforms your proofing stage from guesswork into a guarantee, and delivers the perfect crumb structure every time.
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As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchasesThis Tool Doesnโt Make It a Science Project (if you get it right)Culinary Exploration2025-06-21 | Do you really need a sourdough recipe calculator? In this video, I break down when they help, when they hurt, and how to design recipes without losing the craft.
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#sourdoughbakingWhy Oven Temperature Doesnโt Matter (As Much As You Think)Culinary Exploration2025-05-17 | Struggling with oven spring? Itโs probably not your oven temperature. Hereโs what actually drives explosive oven spring โ and how to get it.โ โจ
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As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchasesI Engineered the Perfect Golden, Crispy-Edged, Sourdough PancakesCulinary Exploration2025-04-16 | Iโve developed this sourdough pancake recipe to maximise flavour, texture, and rise โ soft, fluffy middles, crisp lacy edges, and just the right amount of sourdough tang.
Built around a sweet overnight levain and finished with a precise blend of baking powder and baking soda, these pancakes are light, golden, and seriously satisfying. Full recipe, tips, and bakerโs percentages at the link below.
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#sourdoughbakingHow to scale sourdough at home with the scrapings methodCulinary Exploration2025-04-04 | I scaled my levain from just five grams of sourdough scrapings. The goal? To bake two full loaves โ with no daily feedings and no discard. In this video, I walk you through exactly how I did it, why it works, and how you can try it too.
If youโve ever wondered whether you can scale sourdough production without jars of starter, this is for you.
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#sourdoughbakingHow to convert any bread recipe into an accurate sourdough formulaCulinary Exploration2025-02-03 | Learn how to convert any yeasted bread recipe into sourdough.
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#sourdoughbakingDiscover vital metrics by reverse-engineering your sourdough recipesCulinary Exploration2024-12-16 | How to reverse-engineer sourdough recipes to learn if a recipe will be successful before baking it.
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#sourdoughbakingDont make this mistake when calculating bakerโs percentagesCulinary Exploration2024-11-07 | How to calculate a simple sourdough recipe by hand using baker's percentages.
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#sourdoughbakingHigh protein bread flour isnโt the secret for sourdoughCulinary Exploration2024-10-06 | Let me show you how to get great oven spring without expensive gear.
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#sourdoughbakingYou dont need expensive gear for explosive oven springCulinary Exploration2024-09-14 | Let me show you how to get great oven spring without expensive gear.
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#sourdoughbakingMake Your Scoring POP - the Crucial Steps No One Talks AboutCulinary Exploration2024-07-21 | Here are the crucial steps you'll need if you want to make your sourdough scoring pop.
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Chapters:
00:00 The score isn't the secret 00:32 The formula 01:23 Is your culture strong? 02:06 Balancing bulk fermentation & proofing 04:08 Retard your dough 04:46 The right oven set-up 06:00 The classic score 07:11 The double bubble 08:14 The curved score
#sourdoughbaking3 Beginner Sourdough Traps to AVOID at all CostsCulinary Exploration2024-07-13 | ๐งฎ Get my free recipe calculator: https://www.culinaryexploration.eu/sourdough-calculator-signup
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#sourdoughbakingMuesli Tastes Better in Sourdough #sourdoughbakingCulinary Exploration2024-06-22 | Click the link on the short to watch the full video. Visit my website culinaryexploration.eu for the full recipe.How to make muesli taste even BETTER than it does in a bowl Ep. 4Culinary Exploration2024-06-15 | In this fourth beginner's episode, I'll show you how to bake an amazing hybrid muesli sourdough to use the discard from the starter process.
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Bakers percentages Strong white flour 80% Wholewheat flour 20% Water 70% Salt 2% Yeast 0.5% Honey 5% Raisins & Sultanas 4% Walnuts 4% Pumpkin & sunflower seeds 4% Rolled oats 8% (plus extra for coating the dough)
Discard 20% (100% hydrated) Poolish 30% (100% hydrated)The Key is to Balance the Water with the Flour #sourdoughbakingCulinary Exploration2024-06-08 | ...The Ultimate ZERO Discard Sourdough Starter Maintenence SystemCulinary Exploration2024-06-01 | In this third beginner's episode, I'll show you how to transition your starter to the ultimate zero discard method.
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#sourdoughbakingMost starters go through this, just trust in the process #sourdoughstarterCulinary Exploration2024-05-25 | Want to create your own thriving sourdough starter? - Click the link on the short to watch the full video tutorial.How to get your first sourdough loaf to explode with oven springCulinary Exploration2024-05-18 | In this second beginner's episode, I'll show you how to bake an amazing sourdough loaf with great oven spring using your brand-new sourdough starter.
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#sourdoughbakingMake Sure Your Dough Weight is Right for Your Basket #sourdoughbakingCulinary Exploration2024-04-27 | ๐งฎ Easily adjust your dough size with my free sourdough calculator: https://www.culinaryexploration.eu/sourdough-calculator-signupMy Worst Starter Mistake #sourdoughbaking #sourdoughstarterCulinary Exploration2024-04-13 | ๐งฎ No more sticky dough with my free sourdough calculator: https://www.culinaryexploration.eu/sourdough-calculator-signupMy Worst Mistakes Learning to Bake Sourdough (10+ Year Career)Culinary Exploration2024-04-06 | I'm going to share the three biggest mistakes that stick out in my 10+ year career of baking sourdough. Understanding what went wrong when I made these mistakes will help you avoid the same pitfalls!
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You'll find my baskets and tins by clicking the link below. Here are the sizes: Oval baskets 24cm (L) x 15cm (W) x 7.5cm (D) Round basket 22cm (W) x 9cm (D) (Remember the baskets size tends to vary)
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#sourdoughbakingWhat to expect from a new sourdough starter #sourdoughbakingCulinary Exploration2024-03-16 | These two loaves were baked 14 days after creating the new sourdough starter. The waste not want recipe not is a great way of using up sourdough discard. Considering the starter was only 14 days old the sourdough loaf turned out pretty well too! Full starter tutorial coming very soon.
๐งฎ No more sticky dough with my free sourdough calculator: https://www.culinaryexploration.eu/sourdough-calculator-signupCreate a Foolproof Sourdough Starter Overnight #sourdoughbaking #sourdoughCulinary Exploration2024-03-02 | By reducing the amount of sourdough starter I use to inoculate my levain it's ready to bake with first thing in the morning. This is a scheduling tactic 101.
๐งฎ No more sticky dough with my free sourdough calculator: bit.ly/469kUBXThis Malted Sourdough Formula Produces an Amazingly Soft LoafCulinary Exploration2024-02-17 | This malted sourdough milk bread has all of the amazing characteristics of sourdough while being super soft which makes this recipe perfect for a sandwich loaf. The classic combination of milk, malted barley and honey, delivers a flavour profile which is hard to beat.
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#sourdoughbakingSuper Soft Dog Buns #sourdoughbakingCulinary Exploration2024-02-10 | ๐งฎ Get my Free Sourdough Recipe Calculator: bit.ly/469kUBX
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โ๏ธ My Baking Kit: https://www.culinaryexploration.eu/my-baking-kitEasy Weeknight Pan Pizza #pizzarecipe #pizzaCulinary Exploration2024-02-03 | ๐งฎ Get my Free Sourdough Recipe Calculator: bit.ly/469kUBX
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โ๏ธ My Baking Kit: https://www.culinaryexploration.eu/my-baking-kitSuper Soft Enriched Hot Dog Buns (Sourdough & Poolish)Culinary Exploration2024-01-27 | These hot dog buns are fermented using sourdough levain and poolish to produce a flavourful bun while creating a pillowy soft texture. Join me as I walk you through he recipe.
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#sourdoughbakingWaste Not Want Not: #sourdough #sourdoughdiscardCulinary Exploration2024-01-20 | ๐งฎ Get my Free Sourdough Recipe Calculator: bit.ly/469kUBX
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โ๏ธ My Baking Kit: https://www.culinaryexploration.eu/my-baking-kitSuper Easy Dough for Amazing Weeknight Pan PizzaCulinary Exploration2024-01-13 | Master the Art of Scheduling Dough Fermentation! Join me as I guide you through a quick, flavourful pizza dough that ferments while you work. Learn to mix it in 5 minutes and come home to a dough ready to shape and bake. Time-saving tips and more below!
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#sourdoughbakingMy New Sourdough Steamer Pod is Making my Loaves Explode!Culinary Exploration2023-12-16 | Discover how I use the base of a moka pot to help with baking beautifully spring and crisp sourdough bread. Dialling back the amount of water I use to steam during baking has dramatically improved the texture and the flavour of my bread.
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โ๏ธ My Baking Kit: https://www.culinaryexploration.eu/my-baking-kitMy Little Sourdough Steam Pod #sourdoughbakingCulinary Exploration2023-11-11 | ๐งฎ Get my Free Sourdough Recipe Calculator: bit.ly/469kUBX
โ๏ธ My Baking Kit: https://www.culinaryexploration.eu/my-baking-kitSave Time Baking Sourdough by Pre-Mixing your LevainCulinary Exploration2023-10-28 | Discover how I schedule my sourdough baking at weekends to save me time and produce a great loaf. Fermenting my levain overnight allows me to mix early in the morning, but pre-mixing the levain is the real takeaway.
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#sourdoughbakingSmall Space, Big Flavors: Our Micro Bakery Journey BeginsCulinary Exploration2023-10-14 | Join me on the journey to open a micro bakery from my home kitchen. You'll see how I attempt to overcome the problems of baking multiple loaves properly in a domestic oven, using no covers or Dutch ovens. Learn how I formulate the recipes and design the baking flow and hopefully develop a system capable of producing amazing artisan sourdough for the public.
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#sourdoughbakingOnly Ten Grams of Crusty Fifty-Day-Old Starter Made this Epic Sourdough LoafCulinary Exploration2023-09-16 | I went away and left my starter in the fridge for 52 days without feeding it once. I've always wanted to see how long I could leave it without feeding and still resurrect it with building just one levain and no additional feeds. If you're wondering if you really need to feed your starter every day or want to know how long you can leave it, this video will show you my results.
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The Old Faithful Recipe: Old Faithful on YouTube: youtu.be/R1dhQAmBc24 Old Faithful Recipe: https://www.culinaryexploration.eu/blog/old-faithful
Note: If you try the old faithful recipe you should use the direction in the recipe and video I've linked right above here. I adjust the amount of levain I use depending on the temperature and then above is the best to start. Happy baking, and as ever if you need anything, just let me know.
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#sourdoughbakingSourdough Doesnt need to be complicated #sourdough #sourdoughbread #sourdoughbakingCulinary Exploration2023-08-27 | Full vid: youtu.be/R1dhQAmBc24 Get my T-shirts: sourdoughstore.comMy Zero Waste Sourdough Starter StrategyCulinary Exploration2023-08-19 | I waste zero time or flour using this sourdough trilogy to fuel my sourdough baking. It's easy and promotes effective scheduling too. Save money and time, what's not to love?
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#sourdoughbakingChocolate & Cherry Sourdough is the Bomb #sourdoughCulinary Exploration2023-08-17 | This is one of the best tasting sourdough recipes I've made and you can find the Modernist Cuisine recipe I adapted by clicking the YT link below. youtu.be/G2QuCvR1aj8 #sourdoughbread #sourdoughstarterHas Something Been Living in Your Sourdough? #sourdoughCulinary Exploration2023-08-15 | It can be really tempting to use a brand new sourdough starter at the first sign of activity but it needs time to gain enough strength to raise a loaf properly. If your crumb is full of very large holes like the ones in the video then you should continue to feed your starter for 7-14 days.
#sourdoughbread #sourdoughstarterCan I Swap Sourdough Starter for Discard? #sourdoughCulinary Exploration2023-08-13 | You can't simply swap sourdough starter for discard. Using a proper sourdough recipe calculator is the best way to do it. If you've got lots of discard to use up then you should try my waste not want not sourdough recipe. My sourdough calculator: https://www.culinaryexploration.eu/sourdough-calculator-signup Waste not want not recipe: youtu.be/7TsV6RW4q-g #sourdoughbread #sourdoughstarterStop Wasting Flour & Time Feeding your Sourdough Starter #sourdoughstarterCulinary Exploration2023-08-11 | You don't need to feed your sourdough starter daily and you can successfully keep it in your fridge between baking sessions. Here's some tips on getting started with the scraping method. #sourdoughbread #sourdoughZero Waste Sourdough Maintenance #sourdoughstarterCulinary Exploration2023-08-09 | You don't need to maintain large quantities of sourdough culture or feed it every to bake amazing loaves. Sourdough culture is super adaptable and thrives when maintained by keeping a small quantity of starter in the fridge. This method keeps waste to a minimum, saving bags of flour and time!
#sourdoughbread #sourdoughSoft Flour Isnt ScaryCulinary Exploration2023-08-07 | You donโt need to use high protein flour to bake great sourdough bread. Sure, it helps, but if you learn how to balance hydration correctly, you can bake fantastic sourdough loaves using soft all purpose flour.
My free sourdough calculator: https://www.culinaryexploration.eu/sourdough-calculator-signupWhat Caused These Holes?Culinary Exploration2023-08-05 | Find out what causes these massive craters in the sourdough crumb. Get 10% off my sourdough T-shirts: sourdoughstore.com My free sourdough calculator: https://www.culinaryexploration.eu/sourdough-calculator-signupThis Sourdough Formula Beats Any Shop-Bought Granary LoafCulinary Exploration2023-07-29 | Want a really soft sourdough loaf packed with flavour? This formula uses a combination of pre-ferments and malted grains to produce a super soft result that explodes with flavour.
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Sourdough Levain - you'll need 97g total for the recipe 55g strong flour 55g water 5g levain (reduced inoculation allows for extended overnight fermentation)
Yeasted pre-ferment - you'll need 97g total for the recipe 55g strong flour 55g water 0.5g active dried yeast
#sourdoughStop Soaking Dried Fruits When You Make Sourdough, Think FIRST!Culinary Exploration2023-07-15 | Hydration is important but flavour and texture rule! Soaking, or macerating dried fruit that's added to sourdough has become really popular but most people don't consider the impact it has on the final product.