Author: Darryl Alder

Homemade Harz Caraway Sourdough

Homemade Harz Caraway Sourdough

Posted by | Jun 4, 2024 | |

Germany’s Harz Mountain region’s culinary tradition pairs strong Harz cheese with caraway bread. This blend of earthy flavors, cherished for generations, features moist caraway bread often baked with pungent Harz Roller cheese. Caraway seeds enhance the bread, perfect with sausage or Butterbrot. This post explores these specialties and offers a recipe to bring this authentic German experience to your table, combining the sharp scent of cheese with warm caraway notes.

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Cracker Day Meets #CrackerDay

Cracker Day Meets #CrackerDay

Posted by | Apr 28, 2022 | , |

In the USA, the term “cracker” most often refers to salty or savory biscuits, but in the UK crackers are might be water biscuits or savory biscuits. Either way, today, #CrackerDay, is a good day to highlight sourdough crackers by making and baking a batch. And honestly, nothing could be easier to make than these crackers built on a base of your sourdough discard.

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Celebrating National Zucchini Bread Day the Sourdough Way

Celebrating National Zucchini Bread Day the Sourdough Way

Posted by | Apr 25, 2022 | , |

NATIONAL ZUCCHINI BREAD DAY held on April 25th each year, encourages bakers every where to bake this delicious bread. And just like bananas, and applesauce, zucchini makes this baked loaf moist and a bit more nutritious. However, for those of us who use sourdough, it is a terrific excuse to use up some discard and bake yummy quick bread.

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