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I have finally mastered the dark art of sourdough baking. Here's how to do it | Adrian Chiles

Lockdown is the perfect time to get your starter started. And if you take my advice, you can avoid the five frustrating years it took for me to get it right
Knead satisfaction ... ‘Over a couple of days there really is only about 20 minutes’ work to make sourdough bread.’ Photograph: Ridvan Celik/Getty Images

After I wailed and gnashed my teeth last week about the , it was suggested by some that I get into baking sourdough. Well I have been, since the spring of 2014 when I first became entranced by the miracle of bread rising through nothing more than flour and water, and the wild yeasts they magic out of the air when they ferment. I

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