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A Sit Down with Chris Krucker, Manorun Organic Farm

  For this month’s edition of “What’s in season?”, we thought we would go straight to the experts! We have the pleasure of working closely with Manorun Organic Farm, located on the outskirts of Hamilton, and supplying them with our bread every Saturday. Chris Krucker, Denise Trigatti, and their four...

Understanding the Fermentation Process

The essential components of sourdough are: levain (live bacteria and natural yeast culture) dough (water + flour) time temperature When you bring these all together, you begin this exciting process of fermentation. Let’s break it down for you: When you add water to flour, two things happen: starch molecules in...

Sourdough Starter How-To: Make your own starter at home!

A starter is only made up of a few ingredients. Flour and water are all it takes to get started.    So how exactly do you make a sourdough starter? Simple: add good quality, unprocessed flour and filtered water together and mix to make a thick slurry.   Leave this...

Sourdough Pie Crust

Dry ingredients:100 grams All Purpose Flour200 grams Spelt Flour30 grams white sugar½ tsp salt Wet ingredients:200 grams freezer cold butter, chopped into small quarter sized cubes50 grams sourdough starter (from fridge)100 grams ice cold water20 grams apple cider vinegar (from fridge) Fruit filling:4 large apples cut into quarters and then...

Sourdough Muffins

Dry ingredients: 135 grams Red Fife Flour 135 grams White Whole Wheat Flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda ½ tsp salt Wet ingredients: 1 ½ tsp lemon zest 150 grams granulated sugar 115 grams unsalted butter 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla extract 200 grams starter  200 grams milk...