You can’t bake without eggs, right? Here at BReD, we develop and bake egg-free recipes almost every single day! Over the years, we’ve experimented with various baked goods and tried and tested numerous vegan egg substitutes. Egg replacements are relatively simple to use but there is no ‘one substitute fits all’ for vegan baking. Therefore, […]
Love sourdough but hate food waste? So do we! Luckily, although the name would suggest otherwise, there are plenty of useful things you can do with sourdough discard. As a busy sourdough bakery, we’re continually feeding our starters and producing discard so we’re always coming up with new and innovative ways to use it. Today […]
Pop quiz: Which of these do you think is an essential sourdough tool? Banneton Dutch oven Tea towel Mixing bowl You may be surprised to learn that the answer is 3, tea towel. Believe it or not, you don’t really need a banneton, dutch oven, or a mixing bowl to make sourdough bread at home. […]
While beginning your sourdough baking journey, you may have come across the term ‘sourdough hydration’. Don’t panic! You don’t need to be pouring bottles of water over your sourdough to quench its thirst and there are no fancy maths equations involved…just a few simple calculations. Honestly though, unless you’re super serious about sourdough baking, you […]
So you’re here to learn about sourdough bread? Then you’ve come to the right place! Ed (the Co-Founder of BReD) has been making sourdough since 2008 and we’ve been serving his sourdough bread in our Whistler-based vegan bakery for the past 2 years. Ed and his wife Natasha have even written a book on sourdough! […]
