Recipes
Pickling brine — 250 mL jar
| 75 mL vinegar | Combine — Combine the vinegar, water, sugar, salt, minced garlic, peppercorns, and coriander seeds in a 250 mL jar. | Stand — Leave for one week with the lid loose. |
| 75 mL water | ||
| 2 teaspoons sugar | ||
| 1 teaspoon salt | ||
| 1 teaspoon minced garlic | ||
| About 1 teaspoon peppercorns | ||
| About 1 teaspoon coriander seeds |
Solera-style kombucha
| 1 litre boiling water | Brew sweet tea — Combine the boiling water, tea, sugar, and molasses or treacle. | Cool — Let the sweet tea stand until cool. | Refill bulk fermentation jar — Use the remaining sweet tea to refill the bulk fermentation jar. |
| 10 g tea | |||
| 100 g sugar | Prime and bottle — For each of two 500 mL bottles, use 40 g cooled sweet tea and about 460 mL fermented kombucha. | ||
| 1 tablespoon molasses or treacle | |||
| About 920 mL fermented kombucha (two bottles) |
Sourdough pizza dough
| 200 g flour (poolish) | Mix poolish — On the first night, mix the poolish flour, water, sourdough starter, and honey. Leave overnight. | Add remaining ingredients — The next morning, add the remaining flour, water, and salt. | Stretch and fold — Stretch and fold every 30 minutes over 2 hours. | Bulk ferment — Bulk ferment until the night of day 2. | Divide — Divide into three 320 g dough balls. | Refrigerate — Refrigerate overnight. | Bake — Bake on day 3. |
| 200 g water (poolish) | |||||||
| 40 g sourdough starter | |||||||
| 10 g honey | |||||||
| 340 g flour (next morning) | |||||||
| 162 g water (next morning) | |||||||
| 15 g salt |
Sourdough
| 450 g regular flour | Mix and rest — Mix the regular flour, wholemeal flour, water, and sourdough starter. Leave for 20 minutes. | Add salt — Add the salt. | Stretch and fold — Stretch and fold every 30 minutes during the first 2 hours. | Shape — Shape the dough. | Refrigerate — Refrigerate for at least 16 hours. | Bake — Bake at 250°C for 20 minutes, then at 220°C for another 20 minutes or until the internal temperature is 95°C. |
| 50 g wholemeal flour | ||||||
| 350 g water | ||||||
| 100 g sourdough starter | ||||||
| 20 g salt |