With Thanksgiving and Christmas falling in the middle of the week the key to having fresh sourdough for the holidays is storage! You can order what you need for pick up or delivery the weekend/Monday before the holiday then store it however you prefer (fridge or freezer) until it's time to bring it back to [...]
Whether you're ordering sourdough shipped or for local pick up or delivery, we've found that freezing it allows us to preserve the quality. Our frozen sourdough loaves are allowed to cool at room temp, then they are quickly vacuum sealed and frozen. We've found that following the Whole Loaf Reheat instructions brings the loaf back [...]
Whole wheat flour is often touted as being the healthier flour when compared to white flour. The bran (the part of the wheat that is present in whole wheat flour but is removed from white flour) is where most of the vitamins and minerals of wheat are contained. But are those vitamins and minerals even [...]
When it comes to grains there are two extremes. There’s the mainstream that says grains are the bottom of the food pyramid and they should be the majority of what you eat. On the other side there’s the carnivores who say you should never eat grains. Like most things in life, we believe the sweet [...]
Fermentation The fermentation process is what makes sourdough, sourdough. During fermentation, good bacteria and wild yeast break down starches and sugars as well as breaks down the harmful plant defense chemicals such as lectins, gluten, and phytic acid. The traditional method of sourdough fermentation has been almost entirely replaced by baker's yeast and chemical leavening [...]
Room temperature Up to 3 days Sourdough's acidic properties naturally retard mold growth, but only for a little while since it is fresh bread with no preservatives. If you're going to eat your loaf in the next two days, you can leave it on the countertop. Wrap it in a kitchen towel or a cloth [...]
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Seacrest Sourdough (@seacrest_sourdough) The interview in the clip above shows Zach Bush telling Paul Saladino about the effects of love found through a study on rabbits. It's a reminder that although there are a ton of toxins out there, and we're on a mission [...]
Add your 6 grams crumbled dried sourdough starter to a bowl. Add 26 grams filtered water. Stir until the dry starter is completely submerged in the water. Cover with a lid and allow mixture to sit for one hour at room temperature. After an hour, add 20 grams bread flour (preferably organic) and stir until [...]
How you feel in the moment, and overall well being over time. Personally those are the two metrics we think about when we try to optimize health and happiness. There are so many factors that affect these metrics: getting enough sunlight, exercise, sleep, stress management, hydration, diet etc. By diet we don't mean anything in [...]
