Category Archives: Sourdough Breads

Where I show my attempts and often failures at mastering the art of sourdough. Since one learns from one’s mistakes, even the bombs are important.

Rye with Caraway: Learning when to say when.

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Paul

I’ve noted here and elsewhere that i will include recipes even when they go wrong so as not to give the impression that I am some expert (so not true) and never have a failed bread. This would be one … Continue reading →

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80% Rye with Flour Soaker

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Paul

This post is about rye bread. Not your grocery store Deli Light Rye but hefty, hearty, packed-with-flavour rye bread. The type that you slice really, really thin and it still can hold up to bold flavours like strong cheeses or … Continue reading →

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The Vermont Sourdough Trilogy

Posted on June 12, 2010 by Paul

One of the breads that came up in the June list for MellowBakers.com was the Hamelman Vermont Sourdough, a bread I’ve made before a number of times and posted about here several tries on the blog. The cool thing, however, … Continue reading →

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When good bread goes a-rye.

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Paul

Sometimes, things just don’t work the way they’re supposed to. So I’ll just say right out of the gate I’ll be redoing this one because something went quite wrong here. Wanna see? This is the “short version”, there are lots … Continue reading →

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Bagels (yes, again!) – a MellowBakers bread

Posted on April 3, 2010 by Paul

Bagels! Yes, I’m blogging about bagels again, for the third (or is it fourth?) time. Previously, I made and blogged bagels for the BBA Challenge from Reinhart’s book and a couple of other times based on Mike Avery’s recipes for … Continue reading →

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