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Classic white sourdough

From Vanessa Kimbell's 'The Sourdough School' (p. 114)

Notes

Leaven has been integrated into the recipe. Leaven ready to use in 7-9 hours after mixing with a further 2 hours after that practical but suboptimal. This is based on an ambient temperature of 20-23C.

Kambell recomends flour between 11-13% protein. Diastatic malt is optional, but esspecially helpfull with roller milled white.

Ingredients

Bakers % 500g total 1kg total 2kg total 3kg total 4kg total
Leaven Flour 10.3% 26 52 105 157 209
Leaven Water 9.2% 23 47 93 140 187
Leaven Starter 2.6% 6.6 13 26 40 53
Flour 80% 203 406 812 1218 1624
Water 74% 188 376 751 1127 1503
Wholemeal Flour 20% 51 102 203 305 406
Salt 2% 5 10 20 30 41
Diastatic Malt Powder 0.5% 1.27 2.54 5 7.61 10

Percentage total: 197%
Values have been rounded where the error would not be significant (p < 0.05).

Last compiled at 2026-01-29 10:54:17.516827