5-step easy homemade sourdough

There’s nothing quite like homemade sourdough, fresh out of the oven. For all you home cooks (and bread lovers), this recipe is sure to be a new favourite. New to breadmaking? This recipe includes ready-made sourdough culture – making it fuss-free, and super easy to whip up.

With just 5 steps – and only 5 ingredients, it’s also an affordable option that’s good for you too. What could be better?

To get started, you’ll need the starter culture, flour, an oven, and a warm place for your dough to rest and rise (try next to a fireplace, in a hot water cupboard or in the oven on a proof setting around 30°C).

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For your sourdough-making dreams: Mad Millie 15-Minute Sourdough Kit

Sourdough bread that’s deliciously fresh, crispy on the outside, and light, airy on the inside? Yes please.

Containing all the necessary equipment, prepare your daily loaf in as little as 15 minutes – with no kneading required! Simply combine flour, artisan salt, and the instant sourdough starter culture with water in a mixing bowl, cover, and allow to ferment and rise for about 20 hours before baking in a covered oven dish.

Serve toasted alongside your favourite soup – we recommend this  20-min ginger, chicken soup (or our easy leek and potato soup if you’re limiting your meat intake). 

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ cups rye flour 
• 1 ½ cups wholemeal flour 
• 1 teaspoon salt 
• 1 sachet Mad Millie Sourdough Culture 
• 1 ½ cups warm water (30 degrees)

Method:

1. Add the flour salt and culture sachet to a large mixing bowl and mix well with a whisk to combine
2. Create a well in the middle and pour the warm water into it.
3. Mix to create a sticky dough and cover with a damp clean tea towel and let rise in a warm place for 20 -24 hours 
4. Tip the dough onto a well-floured surface, and with damp hands fold the outside edges inwards forming the dough into a ball. Place back into the bowl, cover and let rise for 2 hours.
5. Preheat the oven and oven tray to 230 degrees and place the dough into the centre of the preheated tray and bake for 25 minutes 

Makes: 1 loaf

Dietaries: Dairy Free | Vegan | Vegetarian