Sourdough Masterclass 1.0

The Sourdough Masterclass 1.0 takes you through the 7 key steps of sourdough baking, starting with culture care right up until you cut and eat a delicious loaf. 

This is a full day course packed with knowledge, tips & tricks and practical hands-on experience from start to finish. There's no other course with the amount of content & learning in SA. There are no prerequisites for joining this course.

This is a great way to start your baking with natural fermentation, or get an overview and some tips on the process if you have already started sourdough baking. We cover the important technical aspects of your sourdough culture, fermentation, and all of the variables that go into producing a perfect loaf. 

Motherdough's Classic Sourdough Boule recipe from beginning to end and the Pane Cafone recipe which participants mix and take home to bake the following day. 

This is an ideal course for a beginner or someone new to baking with natural fermentation as we touch on all the aspects in the process to make a loaf of bread. This is a fast-paced 9 hour day is packed full of info to help you begin to develop your baker's instinct arsenal and dive deep into your sourdough adventure. 

After doing this course you will be able to 

• Care for your motherdough and know how to keep her balanced and healthy.
• Understand the fundamental of natural fermentation and unpack the health benefits of baking in this way.
• Make a no-knead sourdough bread like a pro.
• Prepare a classic sourdough boule from scratch, bulk ferment, fold, shape, prove and bake. 
• Understand the basic construction of recipes and the effect of different ingredients in the dough.
• Learn how to tell when gluten is developed, proving is optimal, your bread is fully baked.
• Understand the different baking approaches (steel, stone, dutch oven) and learn how to get the most out of your domestic oven.
• Discover and practice the manual kneading techniques for doughs standard doughs and very wet doughs.
• Learn about using bannetons, couches and lames.