Whole Grain Sourdough at Home: The Simple Way to Bake Artisan Bread with Whole Wheat, Einkorn, Spelt, Rye and Other Ancient Grains

by Elaine Boddy

Overview

Make Delicious, Whole Grain Bread with Minimal Kneading
* Selected as one of the best cookbooks of 2020 by delicious. magazine! *

Baking a loaf of beautiful crusty bread can be intimidating when you want to include nutrient-dense whole wheat flour and other ancient grains that are famously harder to work with. Elaine Boddy is here to help. She has spent many years honing the science and art of baking bread with whole grains in her home kitchen. In Whole Grain Sourdough at Home, she shares all of her secrets with you. Elaine’s master recipe and philosophy for bread making are all about simplicity, flexibility and having fun. Sourdough does not have to be complicated or require a lot of hands-on work to be great. With one bowl, a handful of simple ingredients, minimal kneading and less than 24 hours, you can have a loaf of delicious whole grain sourdough bread on the table.

Elaine has mastered the unique nuances of nutrient-dense flours like whole wheat, einkorn, spelt and rye to create a variety of lovely breads—no dense whole wheat bricks here! Packed with a step-by-step sourdough starter guide, plenty of tips and tons of recipes for everything from sandwich loaves to focaccia, this book gives you everything you need to bake amazing whole grain bread today, tomorrow and beyond.

This book has 60 recipes and 60 photographs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781645671107
Publisher:	Page Street Publishing
Publication date:	09/08/2020
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	161,107
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Elaine Boddy is the founder of the blog foodbod Sourdough, where she has helped thousands in the online sourdough community bake perfect loaves right in their own kitchens. She also teaches classes on sourdough. Elaine and her family live in Milton Keynes, England.

Table of Contents

Introduction 9

Whole Grain Sourdough Success 11

Flour 11

Ingredients and Equipment 13

Sourdough Starter 17

How to Make a Starter 17

The Process 18

Is It Ready to Use? 20

How to Make Starters Using Whole Grain and Ancient-Grain Flours 21

How to Make a Starter in High Temperatures 22

How to Feed and Use Your Starter 22

How to Boost Your Starter 24

Starter FAQs and Troubleshooting Guide 24

Welcome to My Master Recipe 27

Same-Day Sourdough Master 34

Super Lazy Sourdough Master 36

Sourdough Success 39

The Unwritten Ingredient 39

Top Tips 39

FAQs and Troubleshooting Guide 40

The Master at Work 45

The 50% Whole Wheat Master 46

The Whole Wheat and All-Purpose Einkorn Oval Master 49

The Wonderfully White Spelt Poppy Seed Oval Master 51

The 100% Whole Wheat Master 54

The Light Rye Master 57

The Pumpkin Seed-Crusted Spelt Master 59

The Emmer and Seeds Master 62

The Oat-Crusted Einkorn Master 65

The White and Emmer Grains Master 66

The Whole Wheat and Quinoa Master 68

The Walnut White Spelt Master 70

The Peanut Butter Batard Master 73

The All-Purpose Einkorn Master 75

Baby Master Sourdough Boules 79

Khorasan and Golden Flaxseeds Baby Master 80

Einkorn and Grains Baby Master 82

Flaxseeds and White Spelt Baby Master 84

Roasted Cashew Baby Master 86

Almond, Raisin and Spelt Baby Master 88

Einkorn Chia Seed Baby Master 91

Master Sourdough Focaccia 93

Garlic, Rye and Olive Oil Focaccia 94

Cooked Spelt Grain-Studded Focaccia 97

Einkorn and Raisin Focaccia 98

Spelt and Cheese Focaccia 101

Whole Wheat, Tomato and Garlic Focaccia 102

Same-Day Sourdough Focaccia Timetable 105

Buttermilk Sourdough Biscuits 107

White and Wonderful Buttermilk Biscuits 108

Cheesy Spelt Buttermilk Biscuits 111

Emmer and Za'atar Buttermilk Biscuits 112

Einkorn, Cinnamon and Cranberry Biscuits 115

Sandwich Loaf Sourdough Masters 117

Snowy White Spelt Sandwich Loaf 118

Oat Milk and Whole Wheat Sandwich Loaf 121

Coconut Milk and Rye Sandwich Loaf 124

Emmer and Honey Sandwich Loaf 126

Almond Milk and Khorasan Sandwich Loaf 128

Cooked Khorasan Grain Sandwich Loaf 130

The Simplest Sourdough Rolls 133

White Seeded Wedge Rolls 134

Whole Wheat and Khorasan Wedge Rolls 137

Cooked Spelt Grain-Studded Wedge Rolls 138

Sesame Seed-Edged Emmer Wedge Rolls 141

Light Rye and Chia Seed Wedge Rolls 144

Same-Day Sourdough Wedge Rolls 147

Coiled Filled Sourdough Rolls 151

Mixed Toasted Seeds Swirls 152

Cheese and Pesto Emmer Roll-Ups 154

Almond Butter and Banana Khorasan Coils 156

Mixed Dried Fruit, Nut and Seed Einkorn Coils 158

Swap the Water 161

Buttermilk White Spelt Master Loaf 163

Potato Water and Rye Master Loaf 165

Sweet Potato and Spelt Master Loaf 168

Beer and Spent Grains Master Loaf 171

Crackers 175

Speedy Seed and Oat Crackers 177

Whole Wheat Sesame and Oat Crackers 178

Einkorn and Hazelnut Oat Crackers 181

How to Make Cooked Grains 182

How to Roast Seeds and Nuts 182

Master Recipe Sourdough Baking Timetables 183

Acknowledgments 185

About the Author 186

Index 187

Editorial Reviews

"For bread beginners looking to eschew plain white loaves and avoid excess explanation and jargon, home baker Elaine Boddy’s thorough book is a smart place to start. It has a full guide to making a starter, and her simple one-bowl process promises swift success."–delicious. magazine

“If you’re interested in sourdough, this is the only book you need. I defy anyone not to produce a decent sourdough using Elaine’s master recipe. Once you’ve done that, Elaine has done all the experimenting so you can get creative with different grains and techniques.” –Orlando Murrin, President, Guild of Food Writers

“Elaine’s recipes are simple to follow, foolproof and utterly delicious. In her book, you will learn to bake artisanal sourdough like a pro without any unnecessary jargon. This is a book that belongs in every baker’s kitchen arsenal.” –Hanady Nabut, founder of hanadykitchen.com

“Elaine has a real passion and a genuine desire to demystify the confusing world of sourdough baking. She removes the fear and inspires you to give it a go. This book will allow you to understand the process, explained in layman’s terms with step-by-step instructions, that thousands of people worldwide have used successfully to make sourdough. Sourdough is simply the best bread you can eat and Elaine is simply the best teacher. Her book will have you confidently baking sourdough in no time. Learning to make your own sourdough is a life skill well worth acquiring, and this book will set you on that path with ease.”–Janice Clyne, founder of Nourished by Nature

“What I love most about this book is the way it came about. Elaine has dedicated the last few years of her life to her social media pages where she personally answers every single question posed to her about sourdough. That's hundreds of questions. This book isn't based on what she thinks people should know about sourdough—she knows better than anyone what people actually do want to know. Add this to Elaine’s simple, delicious and reliable method, and you have a recipe for success.”–Simon Page, Manager, Waitrose Cookery School Manager

“I have always baked yeasted bread but wanted to learn about sourdough. Elaine’s approach is clear, uncomplicated and the results are fantastic time after time. What else I love about the book is the variety of recipes to use my starter with so I don’t throw any of mine away. Elaine’s book gave me the confidence to start to explore using ancient grains too in my bread making. I love the flavour of these types of flours but was unsure on how they worked, I have now had some delicious results using these recipes. Her Einkorn ones are my favourite, again never heard of it before discovering Elaine.”–Jessica, Tutor, Waitrose Cookery School, @bread.geek

“Wholegrain Sourdough at Home is an inspiring book, full of recipes for both health and our pleasure. Demystifying the art of sourdough baking, Elaine cleverly guides us to explore beyond the delicious white loaf to embrace a wide variety of whole and ancient grains. With her foolproof, easy and remarkably straightforward method, baking bread has become my kitchen meditation. This book will become the only bread book you will want to use.”–Kellie Anderson, MSc., cancer health educator and author at KelliesFoodToGlow.com

“I cannot recommend Elaine’s first cookbook highly enough. Elaine makes sourdough baking doable even if you are a complete beginner. Most bread baking cookbooks are full of rigid rules. Elaine follows one personal rule and one only: keep it simple. And it works. I haven’t had a single of her recipes disappoint me, and I look forward to trying the more unusual flour compositions she shares in this must-have book.”–Sally Newton, founder of BewitchingKitchen.com

“I first met Elaine on Instagram. Using some of her dried starter and her Master Recipe, my first sourdough loaf was a triumph, as has every loaf been since then! I've also attended one of Elaine's sourdough courses, and learned so much that I now consider myself to be very accomplished at sourdough baking. I'm thrilled that Elaine has written this book. Her expertise and creativity will be a boost to the world of sourdough baking, especially in debunking the myth that making sourdough bread is hard.”–Karen Burns-Booth, author of Lavender & Lovage

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