The Slowest Slow Food Event: Sourdough Bread – Sunday May 18

The Slowest Slow Food Event: Sourdough Bread – Sunday May 18
11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at a private home in Honolulu

Sourdough is really a labor of love.  To make a loaf of sourdough bread, one needs to grow and cultivate wild yeast in a nutritious medium, over weeks, then know how to use the new starter with added flour to form loaves of bread then rise over several hours.  Finally, in the quickest part of the bread-making process, loaves go into the oven for baking.  Bread-lovers do not shy away!  The process is not as difficult as it seems.   

In this Slow Food Oahu event, learn how to make your own sourdough starter from scratch, without the use of added commercial yeast, using various organic food sources for wild yeast.  We will share information about how to promote natural yeast growth that will lead to a strong starter.  Learn how to keep this starter alive for months and years and how to store starter for optimal lifespan.  Finally, we’ll teach you how to turn your starter into loaves of slightly sour bread.  Later, we’ll break bread together with a freshly baked loaf.  Bring condiments and appropriate foods to share.  We’ll send you home with some starter from Alaska dating back to 1898 and the knowledge how to keep it alive for generations to come.   

The cost is $10 for members; $15 for non-members.  Space is limited to 12 people. 

Participants:  Please bring a small glass container to take home your sourdough starter.

To register for the event go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-slowest-slow-food-event-sourdough-bread-tickets-11396221405?ref=estw

Information about the location of the event will be mailed approximately a week prior to the event.  For other information, contact reservations.sfoahu@yahoo.com