Sourdough in Manchester
In Manchester, North West, Honest Bread lists 4 bakers known for sourdough, each baking from scratch on its own premises.
Sourdough bakers in Manchester
Companio Bakery
A small artisan bakery in Ancoats baking naturally leavened sourdough, pastries and viennoiserie fresh daily. It has a second site on Spear Street in the Northern Quarter.
Half Dozen Other
An artisan bakery, part of the Pot Kettle Black group, baking sourdough and laminated pastries from a warehouse site in Red Bank using organic Shipton Mill flour and no improvers. It also runs a cafe on Oxford Road at Circle Square.
Holy Grain Sourdough Bakery
An independent bakery at the Great Northern in central Manchester making small-batch organic sourdough and hand-crafted pastries with a two-day fermentation. It both retails to walk-ins and supplies wholesale.
Pollen Bakery
An Ancoats bakery and cafe baking long-fermented sourdough loaves, viennoiserie and pastries on site since 2016. Its flagship sits beside the marina at Cotton Field Wharf.
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.
Compare on Amazon ↗Banneton proving basket
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.
Compare on Amazon ↗Cast iron casserole
Traps steam for the blistered crust real sourdough is known for.
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