I started making bread based on your old video series. I made my starter and failed, so I started it again and it actually worked. After about 12 months of consistently making 1-2 loafs per week, I've got my process down. I typically mix it and let it sit for about a half hour to hydrate the dough. Then I add salt and slap and fold until the you can shine a light through a small portion of the dough. After 12 months I've sort of got a feel for it but I still test it now and then. After that, I bench rest for about 10 minutes or so and then do the stretch and fold that you did in this video. I love feeling the difference between that and how it first felt. The gluten is so developed and stretchy! I find that stretching and folding helps me shape it later, because like you I am a 3/10 when it comes to shaping. I used to bake mine on a cookie sheet like you showed in the first video but I recently switched to a dutch oven because it helps trap the moisture inside. All in all, I've had great results. All of this is a very long way of saying what works for you might not make sense to someone else! There's no right or wrong way to do it. All that matters is that you actually do it!
Lori Jean i dont know for sure, but im guessing you discard half for baking with and feed the other half. on days you dont bake bread, im guessing you just do what john did in the first part.
@@lJ0blixen once your starter is mature you can keep it "dormant" in your fridge or even freeze and use it whenever you need to bake a new loaf. You just need to feed it to activate it again and it's ready to use. People keep their starters for years, even pass it down from generation to generation.
Lenin Berrocal wow! I never knew that thank you.. When you start a new batch, and you separate it for the first time. Do you start a new starter with the other half or keep it for later or throw it out.? That is the process I do not understand. I know you have to decide it a few times when you start it. What do you do each time with the stuff you separate.. I know, I am not smart, but I am asking, because if I don’t physically see each step, I have a hard time learning. I am a visual learner.. sorry.
I made my starter 1 week ago, made this bread recipe today (started yesterday). Finally! A decent loaf of sourdough that rose decently with a beautiful golden crust! Instead of using a banneton I lined a pyrex bowl with parchment paper. After rising I carefully transferred the dough & paper to my 3.5 qt ceramic cast iron dutch oven. I baked it with the lid on for 30 minutes, then an additional 20 minutes with the lid off for browning. it's gorgeous! Yes it's time consuming and there's some work involved but it's so worth it. I think the small size of the dutch oven helped my loaf rise higher instead of spreading out. So good! :D
its not many, but for the few commenters touting their own preferred methods as better or "correct" or calling one another's methods out as wrong- i really dont think that is in the spirit of food wishes! this is an incredibly straightforward, accessible recipe with no expensive equipment, no "every half-hour for four hours" process, that is so perfect for beginners, and seasoned bakers too if they just want homemade sourdough bread thats less involved than what theyre used to. so what if it's not the most traditional? just look at chef john's results! he got a great loaf! and anyway, some people dont like the crust of their bread to give them a jaw workout, the way you sometimes do with a ripping hot dutch oven (if you want to respond and tell me this is not what happens when you do things "correctly", you're missing my point). chef john's loaf was a definite success and anyone trying this recipe should be unafraid and confident! if you mess up just try again! its all for fun.
"To all the people who say that's too much trouble, that's too much work, that takes too much time... Well to all those people I just have to say, 'I really think you're missing the point...of life." Classic Chef John wisdom.
And after you taste the baked loaf, YOU'RE STILL not quite done yet. First you grab a tiny cube of crust and plant it in your home garden. Just discard the rest of the loaf. It will bloom within 6-8 years. And VOILA! Delicious.
To anyone who says this is too much work, they are indeed missing the point. The effort you put into making your own food is a big part of what makes it better. Even if you get the exact same thing in a restaurant, there's no replicating the satisfaction of eating something tasty and being able to say to yourself, "I created this." If more people cooked for themselves, the world would be a happier place (even if only a little).
The best part was how you described the pleasure of making the food you're eating... that's the real point of it! 😍 no one can take it away from you...
Thank you Chef John. I'm retired now with time on my hands. Got into sourdough about 3 years ago and enjoy it as a hobby. Each new batch of bread is a new adventure. Simple pleasures are the best. Try it folks.
Thank you for simplifying this process! Your instructions really demystified this subject for me. I've wanted to make a starter for so so long, and just always felt overwhelmed.
There is something elemental about making bread, almost spiritual. It is so fundamental to human life, so ubiquitous - ordinary even - yet so magical, especially when made with love.
Chef John, the stretch and fold is for aligning and strengthening the gluten strands it helps to do them every half hour or so of your bulk ferment. Also scoring helps the steam release so that the bread doesnt burst at the weakest point (usually somewhere inconvenient). Also knocking out the air is avoidable when shaping and I think youd have a much easier time shaping your dough if there was no flour. The adherance of the dough to your surface helps build tension to keep your loaf tight, to help scoring and to help your oven spring. I always bake in a dutch oven too. Just wanted to share some helpful tips since this is intended to be for beginers. And a lot of little things can go wrong. This was a really cute video you have a great attitude about approaching food
Well, I named mine 'Sullivan' (Sultan of sourdough land, manifester of yeast and king of the north. He's only 3 days old yet he's accomplished so much we've been through so much together already. They grow up so fast :'(. But still. He will always be my baby Sullivan. How's everyone else's dough getting on and what did you name yours? And what kind of personality do they have? Mine became a Muslim for a while but it was just a phase, he's back to being an atheist again. Kids ehh. What are they like
Somehow missed these episodes last year. Am I glad I found them now, if not for the amazing videos, just for the amazing Van Gough and cutting the ear joke. 10/10
"It's that simple", so said Chef John, can't help liking John and so I tried making delicious looking Sourdough Bread. Struggled with sticky dough at the end. Well turned out, freakin' awesome bread, (still can't cook rice) but I can actually bake Sourdough Bread. So 🙏 Chef John 🥰
I found an easy way to cook rice. Put in much more water than it needs, so that the rice can't soak up all the water and burn to the bottom. I give it twice or three times the water normaly needed. Once it starts boiling turn the heat down to a minimum and give it exactly 7 min. More than 7 min and they get mushy and sticky. Avoid that. You have to stop the boiling when they still have a bit of bite to them without being raw in the center. Then poor the rice through a sive and give it a quick flush of cold water to stop the inner boiling of the rice. And let them cool off. You get nonsticky rice every time. They will be a bit more moist than normal. But thats the way i like them. Not too dry. But they will be non-sticky. You can keep them in the fridge, and revive them in a pan with a lid on for 5 min. And they will get nice and soft again. Or in a pan without the lid and you get perfect fried rice. Cheers.
Chef John! I am a bit disappointed, I was expecting a sound feed of the sexy cutting step, or even the olde fork-a-fork. It left me yearning for the perfect youtube bread-crust-cutting experience, and clearly I am too busy with writing youtube comments about soundless bread cutting under Chef John videos, to bake it myself. But that's selfexplanatory.
I quadrupled your recipe and made several loaves of this sourdough bread yesterday. This method works great, I'm so happy to finally make good sourdough bread. I have used dutch ovens for baking sourdough bread many times, but I prefer the crust on the loaves made like this, much easier for me to chew. Thank You so much Sir...
Just wanted to say thanks for this video. I've now been making sourdough for 2 months and it turns out every time (or at least... almost every time... - 1 time I forgot salt! LOL). I even bought a banneton!) I've made white sourdough and multigrain sourdough so far. I think the multigrain is the best. Note: I do break one rule though. I let it sit for 10 minutes after baking, then I cut into it and have fresh, hot buttered sourdough!
ARWEN, you must still be young. And ablebodied. And not in pain. And have extra time. There are all sorts of reasons that preclude long projects like making sourdough or croissants, or frequent housekeeping in a spotless home, or being able to vegetate and cook in the sun, and the sun can cause skin cancer. You sound like a saccharine inspirational book, like Jonathan Livingston Seagull. And some of us don't have time because, rather than just sitting around and "listening to birds," we actually "do the time" and get involved. I'm a wildlife rehabilitator, full time for 35 years. It's a choice. That comes first, sourdough doesn't unless I have extra time and energy. It's not all just about feeling "love and happiness." Someone has to do the gritty work and help make things better, alleviating suffering whenever we can. No time to contemplate my navel, like you have.
I love it that you make this process sounds a lot simpler than a whole load of other videos I see on RUclips. You have this magical ability. Love all your videos chef!
I followed this recipe exactly and my sourdough bread was delicious. You need to plan ahead to be able to serve at a specific time but well worth the effort. Thank you Chef John.
I think the last part is really true. A lot of recipes you can easily buy pre-made or partially made and make it in 5-10 min vs quite a bit longer, there's a lot more satisfaction of you making it yourself, it will usually taste way better when you get the hang of the recipe, and it teaches you really good cooking skills and techniques for other recipes.
About the first minute of part one of this “series”, I was feeling like, “This guy is annoying”. But when I actually realized it was his sense of humor, I REALLY started enjoying it! Now, having watched both, I am a subscriber and I LOVE it! Please, keep the videos (and the dry humor) coming! Great work!!
Perfect recipe and technique. And easy. I used a pizza stone and didn't use a paper plate to transfer the flour, and it still turned out perfectly, esp. the spot on crumb. Thanks.
If you're in San Francisco, tap water is always fine. More than fine. You guys have the best water I've ever tasted outside of the well water we used to get when I was a kid. What's the big deal with kneading, anyway. People always make such a big deal about no-knead bread, as if that were some kind of impossibly difficult part of breadmaking. It's really quite easy.
@@woodsplitter3274 No kneading to speak of. Mostly waiting while the starter does the magic. Speaking of painful, I just threw out a loaf that took two days to make because the starter had lost its magic. So now I'm working on juicing up my starter. Getting proportions right when you feed it is critical. It's kitchen chemistry.
I did that to one loaf, I get 2 out of my recipe. So, when the other was in the final stage of baking, the first one I thought needed longer , just a few minutes ( it was already baked), I put it in the oven with the other one to finish off. I forgot about it, and by the time the timer went off for the second loaf, I had a borderline black loaf lol.
I had one of the best breakfasts at a casino with sourdough toast. The crunch and flavor combined with eggs over easy and sausage, the home fries was like a rustic hash brown, a small potato over a cheese grater assembled into a lattice to hold up a faint amount of cheese. The entire experience was amazing. But honestly sourdough toast stuck into my mind which is why I am here ! I will say Tom's Urban @ Mohegan Sun. Full disclosure I don't work for either the Restaurant nor Casino or anyone affiliated with either. I was a customer that had a great breakfast that involved sourdough bread ! I am going to try this now !!
M. D knives are very self explanatory. "Chef" or "santoko" knives will cover most things, they are both chef knives just different style. Santoko is a flat blade and "chef" is curved. American cooks tend to rock knives as they cut so thata why the naming is different. But those will be what you use 90% of the time. After that you need some speciality knives like paring, for very small things like cutting garlic or detailing the crust of a beef wellington for presentation. Or a bread knife, for cutting bread without crushing it, which will typically have teeth. A carving knife for carving turkey/ham. A slicing knife for cutting soft cheeses maybe. If you cut bones you will want a meat cleaver. And then steak knives for cutting steak but thats a utensil. Brand of knives more depends on your budget. Expensive knives will be better but will require more upfront money and generally more care. My suggestion would be to buy the nicest chef or santoko knife (personal preference will decide that) you can afford. And then just buy a set of speciality knives that are well within budget as they wont see much use. And buy a steel sharpener or a wetstone and sharpen your knives atleast once a week.
Personally I've always been curious about Chef John's preferences in knives as well, not to mention his personal techniques for maintaining them. For the person above saying to google it... Everyone has different opinions on knives. The opinions of this channel are not without merit simply because other people have already stated theirs.
I was born and raised in Alaska and this is pretty much the most popular bread there. Been away from home for a few years and I can’t find good sourdough. Guess I’ll have to make my own!! Thanks chef Jon! 😁
You need to only keep 50 grams of starter, add 50 grams of flour and 50 grams of pure water. Do this every day for 5 or 6 days, or untill you can float a spoonful in warm water. When that happens make a little extra starter, after you measure out what you need feed it and put it in the refrigerator if you will be baking in a week, in the freezer if your baking next month.
Hannah Plas , you should try it instead of just throwing it away. I mix some more flour and water to it. it's a quick snack. I like it with savory toppings. Pesto works the best for me.
Using this recipe I made my first sourdough bread that actually turned out. It turned out just like I wanted with a nice rise and it had a great shape.
Dear Chef John, after having experimented for a while with pure sour dough breads, I found out that adding dry yeast reduces the amount of time to 3 hours without changing the taste. Just increase the amount of sour dough slightly to compensate for the fermentation that´s been going on in the "pure" method. While the texture of the bread is slightly better when leaving it to ferment overnight, I prefer the quick method most of the times. Because making sour dough, you constantly produce it, meaning you have to use it sometimes, even though you don´t have the time. Thanks for the video!
This is a 63% hydration dough which is very low. Anyone with a little bit of practice should be able to knead this dough. It’s not THAT sticky. Once you get to 70% or higher is when you need to use alternative forms of kneading, I.e Roubad method or slap and fold. Not enough folds either. The folds will give you a much better oven spring than you got here. Definitely use a Dutch oven preheated for an hour at 500 with convection. You’ll get a much better crust.
Where I used to live back 2 decades ago, we had a Wildflower Bread Co. My ex brought home some of their sourdough. I had to get a hacksaw to cut the crust. It was amazing! So I stopped by one day for some pumpernickel and was chatting with the girl who was working the counter. She tells me I must try her favorite and gives me a big bag of scone sized loaves of the same sourdough. WOOHOO! To this day I ask friends who are near there to pick up and mail me that bread.
The folding is CRUCIAL. It builds the network of gluten strands and allows air to get trapped inside from yeast. The more folds = the less dense and more airy the bread :)
A bread guru once said, folding adds another 10 to 15% oven spring. Some may find it crucial, some finds it therapeutic and some are ok with dense bread. It'll still be just as delicious. The long fermentation will take your bread to another level. That said, some find that the 3 hours-ish knead-proof-shape-proof-bake breads with commercial yeast are just as good and artisanal :p
Yeah, I was kinda surprised he only did it once. Most bakers will do it at least 3 times. It adds strength to the dough and you get a much more impressive end product. A preheated pan for water and steam does a lot for it too.
Essentially, he is substituting kneading for time. Super long process, but little to no kneading. Develops gluten strands either way, though I'm sure there is a difference in the crumb. Just depends on preference I would assume.
100% spot on about the pizza stone! Been using an upside down cookie sheet and a 550+ degree oven for years! Just make sure there is cornmeal on your foil.
It’s at worst thirty minutes of actual, hands on activity spread over ten to twelve days. The daily ask on a non bread making day is two minutes and requires a spoon.
Thank you Chef John. You just make helped me understand what a stater is. Most definitely will start my starter right now, and hopefully will be enjoying my Sour Dough 🍞 in seven days.
I am going to ask a question that may seem silly but I don't know the answer. While making the starter if you live somewhere else will that affect the flavor or texture or time it takes?
Yes, it could. I think Chef John lives in the Bar Area and care to guess which wild yeast strain is common up there? You can try the wild yeast where you live, but it probably won't be the same as the famous San Francisco Sourdough yeast. You can also buy a package of starter. Amazon has some. My sister was a bread- baking zealot and got starters from different parts of the world to play with. There are differences.
Joseph Halstead Yes, your bread will taste different depending on where you live. Even buying starter from San Francisco is only a temporary fix, as starters that you keep in your fridge quickly get taken over by the local wild yeast in your locale. If you make it like Chef John does here, your bread will taste good no matter where you live. Just different.
Joseph Halstead I was given starter when I lived in Mississippi. After I moved to Philadelphia after a while, the flavor slightly changed. Not dramatically but enough that I could tell.
xe1a, yes but you must adjust the water since whole wheat requires more hydration. You can look on the King Arthur Flour website for recipes and methods. It's packed full of information.
Food Wishes So, in the recipe for sourdough starter, as I recall, there was only half the starter used. Could we keep the other half and make twice as much bread?
Dwayne Wladyka, when making and maintaining a starter, you always have a portion remaining after you've measured out what's needed for bread, so that's what gets fed and stored in your refrigerator. It should be fed weekly.
You're exactly right, they're missing the point. A little planning ahead, it literally takes a handful of combined minutes and can be done a little at a time after work. Thanks for sharing the recipe
Check out the recipe: www.allrecipes.com/Recipe/260540/Chef-Johns-Sourdough-Bread/
Chef, so after making a bread, what to do with the rest of the starter? How do you keep it (for a long long time)?
Easiest and clearest explation on making sour dough. Thank you!
Well after four hours of proofing I can't say that's doubled in size.
join the club....me neither
Well I've made 6 loaves and I'm struggling with wet/sticky crumb.
The "Vincent Van Gogh of your Sourdough" on cuting the "ear" of the bread was the most brilliant of these jokes you ever made.
I agree. It's a a hall of famer.
Except van Gogh does *not* rhyme with dough. Watch youtube video Charlie van Dijk How to Pronounce Vincent van Gogh. That's the correct pronunciation.
Maria O Well, it’s just a joke.
It's like universe put all these things together just for this joke!
youre the vincent van gogh of calm down its just a joke
"Do not cut this bread open hot, you will lose too much moisture" I really appreciate that you always explain something with a reason.
I started making bread based on your old video series. I made my starter and failed, so I started it again and it actually worked. After about 12 months of consistently making 1-2 loafs per week, I've got my process down.
I typically mix it and let it sit for about a half hour to hydrate the dough. Then I add salt and slap and fold until the you can shine a light through a small portion of the dough. After 12 months I've sort of got a feel for it but I still test it now and then.
After that, I bench rest for about 10 minutes or so and then do the stretch and fold that you did in this video. I love feeling the difference between that and how it first felt. The gluten is so developed and stretchy! I find that stretching and folding helps me shape it later, because like you I am a 3/10 when it comes to shaping.
I used to bake mine on a cookie sheet like you showed in the first video but I recently switched to a dutch oven because it helps trap the moisture inside.
All in all, I've had great results. All of this is a very long way of saying what works for you might not make sense to someone else! There's no right or wrong way to do it. All that matters is that you actually do it!
Yep, dutch oven was a revelation for me as well. Especially if you dont have a fancy steamer oven
Eric Ellenbrook, what do you do with the starter to keep it to keep making other loaves? He never went through that?
Lori Jean i dont know for sure, but im guessing you discard half for baking with and feed the other half. on days you dont bake bread, im guessing you just do what john did in the first part.
@@lJ0blixen once your starter is mature you can keep it "dormant" in your fridge or even freeze and use it whenever you need to bake a new loaf. You just need to feed it to activate it again and it's ready to use. People keep their starters for years, even pass it down from generation to generation.
Lenin Berrocal wow! I never knew that thank you.. When you start a new batch, and you separate it for the first time. Do you start a new starter with the other half or keep it for later or throw it out.?
That is the process I do not understand. I know you have to decide it a few times when you start it. What do you do each time with the stuff you separate..
I know, I am not smart, but I am asking, because if I don’t physically see each step, I have a hard time learning. I am a visual learner.. sorry.
I made my starter 1 week ago, made this bread recipe today (started yesterday). Finally! A decent loaf of sourdough that rose decently with a beautiful golden crust! Instead of using a banneton I lined a pyrex bowl with parchment paper. After rising I carefully transferred the dough & paper to my 3.5 qt ceramic cast iron dutch oven. I baked it with the lid on for 30 minutes, then an additional 20 minutes with the lid off for browning. it's gorgeous! Yes it's time consuming and there's some work involved but it's so worth it. I think the small size of the dutch oven helped my loaf rise higher instead of spreading out. So good! :D
7:28 Ok I was fine with making the starter and all but do I really have to travel to Iraq just to cool down my loaf?
NORMALLY, I'd say this should be top comment. But there's a spelling mistake and I'm in a bitchy mood, so you just get a thumbs up.
fixed it... It's even in the video title dammit!
Ok, you have my endorsement for top comment, but only because I feel better now that I've had some home made Tzatziki sauce and pita bread.
Thank god! I don't know what I would've done without your blessing.
No problemo.
its not many, but for the few commenters touting their own preferred methods as better or "correct" or calling one another's methods out as wrong- i really dont think that is in the spirit of food wishes! this is an incredibly straightforward, accessible recipe with no expensive equipment, no "every half-hour for four hours" process, that is so perfect for beginners, and seasoned bakers too if they just want homemade sourdough bread thats less involved than what theyre used to. so what if it's not the most traditional? just look at chef john's results! he got a great loaf! and anyway, some people dont like the crust of their bread to give them a jaw workout, the way you sometimes do with a ripping hot dutch oven (if you want to respond and tell me this is not what happens when you do things "correctly", you're missing my point). chef john's loaf was a definite success and anyone trying this recipe should be unafraid and confident! if you mess up just try again! its all for fun.
"To all the people who say that's too much trouble, that's too much work, that takes too much time... Well to all those people I just have to say, 'I really think you're missing the point...of life."
Classic Chef John wisdom.
Those people work 9 to 5 to pay their mortgage, and drive a car bough on loan to floss and make us feel they are important in the society.
Nothing gives me more satisfaction than home baking; You bake it, you taste it and.....I DID THAT!!!
And after you taste the baked loaf, YOU'RE STILL not quite done yet. First you grab a tiny cube of crust and plant it in your home garden. Just discard the rest of the loaf. It will bloom within 6-8 years. And VOILA! Delicious.
Vert , that's funny. 😂
and i bet some dimwit will do this.....
surprised not many people do this. Had my sourdough tree for 15 years and it was a life changer. fresh loaves everyday!
I did this in Skyrim with sweetrolls. :)
The dog would probably dig it up and bring it back inside to you. The cat would just use the loosened soil as a new litter box.
To anyone who says this is too much work, they are indeed missing the point. The effort you put into making your own food is a big part of what makes it better. Even if you get the exact same thing in a restaurant, there's no replicating the satisfaction of eating something tasty and being able to say to yourself, "I created this." If more people cooked for themselves, the world would be a happier place (even if only a little).
The best part was how you described the pleasure of making the food you're eating... that's the real point of it! 😍 no one can take it away from you...
I’ve watched this video many, many times, and I never get tired of hearing you murmur, “of life.” Thank you, Chef. I won’t forget!
suddenly, and for no reason at all, I have a major appreciation for sourdough bread.
Thank you Chef John. I'm retired now with time on my hands. Got into sourdough about 3 years ago and enjoy it as a hobby. Each new batch of bread is a new adventure. Simple pleasures are the best. Try it folks.
Thank you for simplifying this process! Your instructions really demystified this subject for me. I've wanted to make a starter for so so long, and just always felt overwhelmed.
There is something elemental about making bread, almost spiritual. It is so fundamental to human life, so ubiquitous - ordinary even - yet so magical, especially when made with love.
"Cutting the ear" "Vincent Van Gogh". You're a clever man, chef John.
Bread, the Staff of Life. Yes, I get the point and love making all sorts of bread, especially sour dough. Thanks for the amazing tutorial!
that's not a nice looking bread. That's a BEAUTIFUL looking bread. that crust looks perfect to me
I'm still blown away by how you can make something this delicious with literally nothing but flour, water and salt.
I always imagine Chef John doing the jazz hands when he says "Enjoy!" at the end. Anyone else? No? :(
This makes me appreciate sourdough bread SO much more.
Sticky dough makes softer bread! I love yeast dough recipe, thank you Chef John! :)
One of my favorite narrators
I’ll name my colony ‘the yeastie boys’. 😎
Thank you chef John 👋🏼
Chef John, the stretch and fold is for aligning and strengthening the gluten strands it helps to do them every half hour or so of your bulk ferment. Also scoring helps the steam release so that the bread doesnt burst at the weakest point (usually somewhere inconvenient). Also knocking out the air is avoidable when shaping and I think youd have a much easier time shaping your dough if there was no flour. The adherance of the dough to your surface helps build tension to keep your loaf tight, to help scoring and to help your oven spring. I always bake in a dutch oven too. Just wanted to share some helpful tips since this is intended to be for beginers. And a lot of little things can go wrong. This was a really cute video you have a great attitude about approaching food
Well, I named mine 'Sullivan' (Sultan of sourdough land, manifester of yeast and king of the north. He's only 3 days old yet he's accomplished so much we've been through so much together already. They grow up so fast :'(. But still. He will always be my baby Sullivan. How's everyone else's dough getting on and what did you name yours? And what kind of personality do they have? Mine became a Muslim for a while but it was just a phase, he's back to being an atheist again. Kids ehh. What are they like
I laughed so hard!!! XD
Somehow missed these episodes last year. Am I glad I found them now, if not for the amazing videos, just for the amazing Van Gough and cutting the ear joke. 10/10
"It's that simple", so said Chef John, can't help liking John and so I tried making delicious looking Sourdough Bread. Struggled with sticky dough at the end. Well turned out, freakin' awesome bread, (still can't cook rice) but I can actually bake Sourdough Bread. So 🙏 Chef John 🥰
I found an easy way to cook rice. Put in much more water than it needs, so that the rice can't soak up all the water and burn to the bottom. I give it twice or three times the water normaly needed. Once it starts boiling turn the heat down to a minimum and give it exactly 7 min. More than 7 min and they get mushy and sticky. Avoid that. You have to stop the boiling when they still have a bit of bite to them without being raw in the center. Then poor the rice through a sive and give it a quick flush of cold water to stop the inner boiling of the rice. And let them cool off. You get nonsticky rice every time. They will be a bit more moist than normal. But thats the way i like them. Not too dry. But they will be non-sticky.
You can keep them in the fridge, and revive them in a pan with a lid on for 5 min. And they will get nice and soft again. Or in a pan without the lid and you get perfect fried rice.
Cheers.
@@CT2507 🙏
@@CT2507just say pasta style lmao
@@britemite9042 Good idea! I never cook pasta, so didn't think of that.
Yep. If it is too much trouble, too much work, takes too much time somebody is missing the point....of life. Thank you, Chef John.
“I really think your missing the point....of life” brilliant my friend, I’ve been cooking for over 25 years now, your damn good chef!
I agree and think it’s the best quotable quote ever
You have the best cooking Channel on RUclips!!!
Chef John! I am a bit disappointed, I was expecting a sound feed of the sexy cutting step, or even the olde fork-a-fork. It left me yearning for the perfect youtube bread-crust-cutting experience, and clearly I am too busy with writing youtube comments about soundless bread cutting under Chef John videos, to bake it myself. But that's selfexplanatory.
I've made the parmesan omelette and I love scratching it with a fork.
I quadrupled your recipe and made several loaves of this sourdough bread yesterday. This method works great, I'm so happy to finally make good sourdough bread. I have used dutch ovens for baking sourdough bread many times, but I prefer the crust on the loaves made like this, much easier for me to chew. Thank You so much Sir...
If you use a good flour, the crusts aren’t hard.
Been waiting eagerly for this since part 2.
But this is part 4...
Just wanted to say thanks for this video. I've now been making sourdough for 2 months and it turns out every time (or at least... almost every time... - 1 time I forgot salt! LOL). I even bought a banneton!) I've made white sourdough and multigrain sourdough so far. I think the multigrain is the best.
Note: I do break one rule though. I let it sit for 10 minutes after baking, then I cut into it and have fresh, hot buttered sourdough!
For all the people who were saying that is way too hard, you are really missing the point...
Of life
Same here. He just said that at the end.
Jeremiah Natte frustrating? Lol
Um... Is that supposed to be a diss? If so, then damn, he's savage af
Those people should stick to Wonder Bread.
ARWEN, you must still be young. And ablebodied. And not in pain. And have extra time. There are all sorts of reasons that preclude long projects like making sourdough or croissants, or frequent housekeeping in a spotless home, or being able to vegetate and cook in the sun, and the sun can cause skin cancer. You sound like a saccharine inspirational book, like Jonathan Livingston Seagull.
And some of us don't have time because, rather than just sitting around and "listening to birds," we actually "do the time" and get involved. I'm a wildlife rehabilitator, full time for 35 years. It's a choice. That comes first, sourdough doesn't unless I have extra time and energy. It's not all just about feeling "love and happiness." Someone has to do the gritty work and help make things better, alleviating suffering whenever we can. No time to contemplate my navel, like you have.
I love it that you make this process sounds a lot simpler than a whole load of other videos I see on RUclips. You have this magical ability. Love all your videos chef!
I followed this recipe exactly and my sourdough bread was delicious. You need to plan ahead to be able to serve at a specific time but well worth the effort. Thank you Chef John.
Quick and easy!
This is the most hypnotizing food-recipe-voice on youtube. I´ll have to learn that voice.
I make my sour dough bread in my cast iron skillet, works great. I also don't throw out the starter every time I feed it, once a week.
I use a cast iron dutch oven, to capture the moisture under the lid.
Mattigot bb
I think the last part is really true. A lot of recipes you can easily buy pre-made or partially made and make it in 5-10 min vs quite a bit longer, there's a lot more satisfaction of you making it yourself, it will usually taste way better when you get the hang of the recipe, and it teaches you really good cooking skills and techniques for other recipes.
at what age I will eat this bread ?
cat Fabelav When you’re 100
😂
Dead af lol
buy your bread and watch videos
I've been told sourdough bread gets bitches. So in your prime?
I really like the van Gogh reference, right after you talk about cutting the ear. Touché sir
You are the Right Said Fred of your Sourdough Bread.
That bread just looked too sexy..
Or in my case, the Grateful Dead of my sourdough bread.
I've never been so devoted to bread in my life.
About the first minute of part one of this “series”, I was feeling like, “This guy is annoying”. But when I actually realized it was his sense of humor, I REALLY started enjoying it! Now, having watched both, I am a subscriber and I LOVE it! Please, keep the videos (and the dry humor) coming! Great work!!
Now you see why he has so many subscribers. He's awesome.
Perfect recipe and technique. And easy. I used a pizza stone and didn't use a paper plate to transfer the flour, and it still turned out perfectly, esp. the spot on crumb. Thanks.
This really highlights how the $4 the supermarket charges for a loaf is a great value
You outdone yourself Cheng John, this is one of your best videos so far
sourdough bread part 2 the loafening :P
The loaf strikes back.
Sourdough bread part 2: loaf boogaloo
Rye hard III
Mike Kazz 😂😂 👍🏽
Evil bread 2 ...
If you're in San Francisco, tap water is always fine. More than fine. You guys have the best water I've ever tasted outside of the well water we used to get when I was a kid.
What's the big deal with kneading, anyway. People always make such a big deal about no-knead bread, as if that were some kind of impossibly difficult part of breadmaking. It's really quite easy.
Imagine going though all of this and burning it lmao
Painful
pain
Hats off to the bakers of the world. That is too much proofing, kneading, etc.
@@woodsplitter3274 No kneading to speak of. Mostly waiting while the starter does the magic. Speaking of painful, I just threw out a loaf that took two days to make because the starter had lost its magic. So now I'm working on juicing up my starter. Getting proportions right when you feed it is critical. It's kitchen chemistry.
I did that to one loaf, I get 2 out of my recipe. So, when the other was in the final stage of baking, the first one I thought needed longer , just a few minutes ( it was already baked), I put it in the oven with the other one to finish off. I forgot about it, and by the time the timer went off for the second loaf, I had a borderline black loaf lol.
Good stuff, making the starter is the hardest part but thats the important step to make it healthy
I guess you can say, no kneading was kneaded.
I had one of the best breakfasts at a casino with sourdough toast. The crunch and flavor combined with eggs over easy and sausage, the home fries was like a rustic hash brown, a small potato over a cheese grater assembled into a lattice to hold up a faint amount of cheese. The entire experience was amazing. But honestly sourdough toast stuck into my mind which is why I am here ! I will say Tom's Urban @ Mohegan Sun. Full disclosure I don't work for either the Restaurant nor Casino or anyone affiliated with either. I was a customer that had a great breakfast that involved sourdough bread ! I am going to try this now !!
Thank goodness I can buy this from the store... with a new found appreciation for my store bakers... because ain't nobody got time for this.
Theresa Du that is what I thought! Omg it took so much time and energy!
It takes about a minute of your time each day, surely you're not that impatient!
Frankie Winters 😂
It takes 10 minutes of work. The rest is waiting.
I guess you 'missed the point....of life.' 😆
the best explanation and instruction that I have seen about sourdough bread so far .... thanks a lot..
Chef John could you make a knife video showing us which knifes you need in the kitchen and for what to use them?
M. D knives are very self explanatory. "Chef" or "santoko" knives will cover most things, they are both chef knives just different style. Santoko is a flat blade and "chef" is curved. American cooks tend to rock knives as they cut so thata why the naming is different. But those will be what you use 90% of the time. After that you need some speciality knives like paring, for very small things like cutting garlic or detailing the crust of a beef wellington for presentation. Or a bread knife, for cutting bread without crushing it, which will typically have teeth. A carving knife for carving turkey/ham. A slicing knife for cutting soft cheeses maybe. If you cut bones you will want a meat cleaver. And then steak knives for cutting steak but thats a utensil. Brand of knives more depends on your budget. Expensive knives will be better but will require more upfront money and generally more care. My suggestion would be to buy the nicest chef or santoko knife (personal preference will decide that) you can afford. And then just buy a set of speciality knives that are well within budget as they wont see much use. And buy a steel sharpener or a wetstone and sharpen your knives atleast once a week.
M. D have you heard of google? Look it up yourself dumbass
@treesarecool12345678 he's asking what chef john uses, not just what any other chef uses. get your head out of your ass
Personally I've always been curious about Chef John's preferences in knives as well, not to mention his personal techniques for maintaining them.
For the person above saying to google it... Everyone has different opinions on knives. The opinions of this channel are not without merit simply because other people have already stated theirs.
treesarecool12345678 wow rude
I FINALLY DID IT!!!! My starter is ready! I’m so happy!
"For starters let's get started with the starter we already started!" XD
That was deep!
I was born and raised in Alaska and this is pretty much the most popular bread there. Been away from home for a few years and I can’t find good sourdough. Guess I’ll have to make my own!! Thanks chef Jon! 😁
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You need to only keep 50 grams of starter, add 50 grams of flour and 50 grams of pure water. Do this every day for 5 or 6 days, or untill you can float a spoonful in warm water. When that happens make a little extra starter, after you measure out what you need feed it and put it in the refrigerator if you will be baking in a week, in the freezer if your baking next month.
CrystalCurlySue j
CrystalCurlySue, don’t worry keep trying! I had to do it 3 times to get better, practice makes perfect! Thanks for this marvellous recipe!
Evie Henry Really? I’ve never heard of that!
Hannah Plas , you should try it instead of just throwing it away. I mix some more flour and water to it. it's a quick snack. I like it with savory toppings. Pesto works the best for me.
Using this recipe I made my first sourdough bread that actually turned out. It turned out just like I wanted with a nice rise and it had a great shape.
The second you mentioned cutting the ear I knew you were going to make a Van Gogh pun.
Bread is the staff of life
his voice goes up and then down in pitch in a smooth arch for every. single. sentence.
I know, his voice makes it hard for me to watch...
Y'all must be new
Nichole Green 😂right
I'm not sticking around, i can't stand it.
Low low low high! high! low.
Best sourdough starter and bread making video ever. Very specific.
Was the NSFW version uploaded by mistake?
Robert Owens there was a nsfw version?
Well, one doesn't just throw Van Gogh references around willy-nilly.
the dough poke was a bit explicit, wasn't it?
+Twelve20two - That was a nod to the Pillsbury Doughboy (Product Placement advertisement - these vids don't pay for themselves)
Speaking only for myself, I believe poking dough, outside the bounds of marriage, is wrong.
Came here for sourdough but got a lesson on life. Cheers Chef John.
"All you pizza stone people, pay attention"
Me: 👂
"You do not need a pizza stone"
*dies*
This is the most beautiful loaf of bread i have ever seen
So much work for a bread.
Dear Chef John, after having experimented for a while with pure sour dough breads, I found out that adding dry yeast reduces the amount of time to 3 hours without changing the taste. Just increase the amount of sour dough slightly to compensate for the fermentation that´s been going on in the "pure" method. While the texture of the bread is slightly better when leaving it to ferment overnight, I prefer the quick method most of the times. Because making sour dough, you constantly produce it, meaning you have to use it sometimes, even though you don´t have the time. Thanks for the video!
This is a 63% hydration dough which is very low. Anyone with a little bit of practice should be able to knead this dough. It’s not THAT sticky. Once you get to 70% or higher is when you need to use alternative forms of kneading, I.e Roubad method or slap and fold. Not enough folds either. The folds will give you a much better oven spring than you got here. Definitely use a Dutch oven preheated for an hour at 500 with convection. You’ll get a much better crust.
at what point do you use the starter? like right before feeding it or some hours after it's been fed?
fglend73 I respectfully disagree.
Mix the ingredients in a bowel and bench fold for once ever other hour.
Augusto prepare your starter the day before.
"actually, this is only 63.33% hydration, uh, repeating of course." That's what this comment sounds like.
Where I used to live back 2 decades ago, we had a Wildflower Bread Co. My ex brought home some of their sourdough. I had to get a hacksaw to cut the crust. It was amazing! So I stopped by one day for some pumpernickel and was chatting with the girl who was working the counter. She tells me I must try her favorite and gives me a big bag of scone sized loaves of the same sourdough. WOOHOO! To this day I ask friends who are near there to pick up and mail me that bread.
stretching and folding the dough should make longer strands of gluten which makes the bread chewier
..."let's go ahead and get started, with the starter we already started..." Some poetic genius going on there
The folding is CRUCIAL. It builds the network of gluten strands and allows air to get trapped inside from yeast. The more folds = the less dense and more airy the bread :)
J. Coop whoa there whoa there.
A bread guru once said, folding adds another 10 to 15% oven spring. Some may find it crucial, some finds it therapeutic and some are ok with dense bread. It'll still be just as delicious. The long fermentation will take your bread to another level.
That said, some find that the 3 hours-ish knead-proof-shape-proof-bake breads with commercial yeast are just as good and artisanal :p
Yeah, I was kinda surprised he only did it once. Most bakers will do it at least 3 times. It adds strength to the dough and you get a much more impressive end product. A preheated pan for water and steam does a lot for it too.
Why no kneading? All the recipes I've seen call for kneading the dough.
Essentially, he is substituting kneading for time. Super long process, but little to no kneading. Develops gluten strands either way, though I'm sure there is a difference in the crumb. Just depends on preference I would assume.
I made this bread a few times now. Delicious and I get many compliments, started from part 1 of the video, named my "started" as well. Lol. Thank you
PB & J on sourdough... nope, but butter or cheese is a yes.
I recently tried smoked brisket and a horseradish sauce on Sourdough. Better than pb&j...
I made PB & J on some sourdough I made last week. It was great. PB that was ONLY peanuts, the Jelly wasn't anything special, but it was great.
100% spot on about the pizza stone! Been using an upside down cookie sheet and a 550+ degree oven for years! Just make sure there is cornmeal on your foil.
"I really do think you're missing the point. Of life." Chef John, that was deep.
That is a shit ton of work. Amazing channel btw :)
It’s at worst thirty minutes of actual, hands on activity spread over ten to twelve days. The daily ask on a non bread making day is two minutes and requires a spoon.
Chef John....You are the best!!👍👍👍👍👍👍 I LOVE....really love your videos & recipes!!!! Thank you so much❤️😘
Why was this Re-Re-Uploaded?
REEEEEEEEEEEE
wryyy
i was wondering this all afternoon damnit!
.... Discard half then add the ingredients again..... discard half of the uploaded vids in the sourdough "series" then add it again....
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You. Of course....is the superior mother of your bread and butter...
"Carefully, but with no fear" 😂
Thank you Chef John. You just make helped me understand what a stater is. Most definitely will start my starter right now, and hopefully will be enjoying my Sour Dough 🍞 in seven days.
I am going to ask a question that may seem silly but I don't know the answer. While making the starter if you live somewhere else will that affect the flavor or texture or time it takes?
Yes, it could. I think Chef John lives in the Bar Area and care to guess which wild yeast strain is common up there? You can try the wild yeast where you live, but it probably won't be the same as the famous San Francisco Sourdough yeast. You can also buy a package of starter. Amazon has some.
My sister was a bread- baking zealot and got starters from different parts of the world to play with. There are differences.
Joseph Halstead Yes, your bread will taste different depending on where you live. Even buying starter from San Francisco is only a temporary fix, as starters that you keep in your fridge quickly get taken over by the local wild yeast in your locale. If you make it like Chef John does here, your bread will taste good no matter where you live. Just different.
Joseph Halstead I was given starter when I lived in Mississippi. After I moved to Philadelphia after a while, the flavor slightly changed. Not dramatically but enough that I could tell.
TomKattt as if sanfran has any better yeast than any other place. Christ you lot are suckers for marketing.
It's actually true. Although I believe it's the strains of bacteria that make it unique.
I used this recipe to make my very first sourdough boule, and it was so easy to follow and delicious! Thank you for sharing.
You spotted the typo eh? :P
wow... just wow... thats true love man.
I never cried so hard
Can you use whole wheat flour?
Of course.
xe1a, yes but you must adjust the water since whole wheat requires more hydration. You can look on the King Arthur Flour website for recipes and methods. It's packed full of information.
I love listening to your voice!
So, you made 140g of starter but only used 100g in the bread. What do you do with the remaining 40g? Just curious.
One would normally reserve some starter and refeed it so you can make more bread later.
Actually we had 280 grams. You just feed it and keep it in the fridge.
Food Wishes So, in the recipe for sourdough starter, as I recall, there was only half the starter used. Could we keep the other half and make twice as much bread?
Dwayne Wladyka, when making and maintaining a starter, you always have a portion remaining after you've measured out what's needed for bread, so that's what gets fed and stored in your refrigerator. It should be fed weekly.
shy Bunny add some blueberries and honey. It makes a super delicious breakfast 👍
You're exactly right, they're missing the point. A little planning ahead, it literally takes a handful of combined minutes and can be done a little at a time after work. Thanks for sharing the recipe
Did no one get the Van Gogh/ear reference?? LOL!! 🤣
With slicing the ear? This was better than his normal corny ones. :)
Nope got it hahah it cracked me up
that was absolute genius! I actually laughed out loud
I heard both and didn't even put them together! OMG LOL