Sourdough in Birmingham
In Birmingham, West Midlands, Honest Bread lists 4 bakers known for sourdough, each baking from scratch on its own premises.
Sourdough bakers in Birmingham
Bread Collection
Independent artisan bakery in the Great Western Arcade whose small team bakes more than forty types of bread fresh each day, with a particular reputation for its sourdoughs. It has a second site in Knowle.
Lewis's Bakery
Independent Birmingham bakery with a range of artisan sourdough made in-house.
Medicine Bakery
Artisan bakery, cafe and gallery on New Street where bakers hand-craft sourdough and other breads, cakes and pastries daily. It has further venues across Birmingham and Wolverhampton.
Peel and Stone
Artisan wood-fired and sourdough bakery in the Jewellery Quarter that slowly ferments its bread and supplies restaurants, bars and delis across the Midlands. It bakes from its production arch on Water Street.
Bake sourdough at home
No honest baker near you, or none baking today? The short answer is to bake your own. This is the bench most scratch bakers start with, nothing more.
Sourdough starter jar
A clear jar with a loose lid is all a starter needs to live on your counter.
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Holds the shape of a wet dough through its long final prove.
Compare on Amazon ↗Bread lame
Scores the loaf so it bursts where you choose, not where it likes.
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Traps steam for the blistered crust real sourdough is known for.
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