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The summary you need
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What is sourdough?
Bread, made of just flour, water, and salt. -
What is sourdough starter?
Flour and water, mixed and left to ferment. -
Why do I need starter?
It makes your bread rise. -
This sounds complicated.
It’s not — when you remove the bullsh#t.
Welcome to the simplest sourdough guide on the web
Looking to make sourdough bread or pizza, and just want to get it done?
Well, this site is for you.
Disclaimer: I am not a baker.
I'm just a guy who wanted to make my own pizza dough.
No-Bullsh#t Bread was born after I first thought about making sourdough, and got lost in lectures from hipster bakers and chatterbox homemakers, who just bamboozled me with the secret language of levain and the bread lame.
(Pronounced 'larm', not 'laym', if you were wondering).
Perhaps you too, have endured all of that only to be frustrated by endless scrolling through popups, videos, and ads, just to find the ingredients...
...only to find that they're in the wrong units anyway.
Perhaps they're in European and you want Freedom Units?
What the hell is a kilogram, indeed.
Or maybe you find yourself confused by cups.
How big is this cup?
I have cups.
Which one should I use, exactly?
Perhaps you're befuddled by the need to flour a banneton?
Maybe you're confused as to how you get an impressive crumb under your ear?
Or you might be flummoxed as to what autolysing has to do with getting a decent shag.
Worry not: there's none of that Bullsh#t here.