Thursday, December 12, 2019

Get amazing OVEN SPRING in your sourdough BREAD - Secrets revealed!






  1. Make sure your starter is healthy and super active.
  2. Make sure you develop the gluten.
    • Use autolyse.
    • Pull a windowpane to test it.
  3. Learn how to time a bulk fermentation.
    • Make sure you ferment your dough until it feels light, puffy and bubbly.
    • Under ferment a bit to maximize oven spring.
  4. Shape the dough so you get a really taut surface. Remember this requires proper gluten development, see 2)
  5. Retard your dough.
  6. Score the dough in a pattern that will let the bread expand.
  7. Bake hot and with steam.


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