Bread, and the Patience It Asks
On slow fermentation and the small daily ritual of feeding a starter.
A sourdough starter is a low-maintenance pet that pays you in bread. Feed it, wait, and it does the rest while you sleep.
The long rise
Good bread cannot be hurried. The flavour you are after is just time, made edible — the hours the dough spends quietly becoming itself.
You do not make the bread. You make the conditions, and the bread makes itself.
It is the most forgiving discipline in the kitchen. Forget it for an afternoon and it often improves.
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