Sourdough Bread Baking Workshop: Beginner Level

Join us for our most popular class at the bakehouse: An introduction to sourdough bread baking. Learn all about baking with a starter culture in a class that will give you the basics to continue your sourdough adventure at home.

First we discuss the fundamentals of sourdough alchemy in bread making. Then you will be making your own bread culture. Finally, learn all about proper mixing, shaping and baking a simple, yet delicous sourdough bread.

Together we will mix a bread dough by hand so you can try your new-learned skills. A sensory bread tasting with a sourdough bread we baked in the wood fired oven will conclude our "sourdough day".

Learn about the magic of wild yeasts and leave with new skills that will enable you to continue your sourdough adventure at home. Every participant will receive a starter culture to take home.

The class will end with a sensory tasting of some of the things we talked about and made in class, accompanied by local foods and condiments to create optimal food pairings.

Topics of this class include:

* Starting, maintaining, refreshing and looking after a bread sourdough starter

*Principles of baking using natural leavening

*Variables affecting mixing, fermenting and baking

*Flour primer: Understanding ingredients selection

*Getting best results when baking at home

*Food pairing and Sensory Tasting session

*Recipes, hand-out and Q&A at the end of the class

Join us on this journey into the world of sourdough - it will surely enhance your baking skills and open your taste buds!

This class is perfect for beginning sourdough bakers, general baking experience is helpful to get the most out of the class!

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Brot Bakehouse School and Kitchen - Brotbakery, 38 Meade Road, Fairfax, United States