Episode 214 | Christmas in the Kitchen: Sourdough Inspiration for the Holidays! | Ash of Turner Farm

One of my favorite topics to dive into is sourdough, and Ash is the perfect person to join me for today’s conversation! Ash creates the most beautiful sourdough baked goods, and she teaches others to do the same. We are chatting about the recipes we love baking around the holidays, our best tips for gifting baked goods, the ins and outs of working with different types of dough, recovering sourdough fails, and more. Join us for this conversation as you get ready to jump into holiday baking this season!

In this episode, we cover:

All about Ash’s farm and sourdough journey
A few favorite sourdough recipes for the holidays
How the fermentation process keeps food from spoiling
Reviving a sourdough starter that has been neglected
Ideas for gifting baked goods
Tips for mastering brioche dough and how to use it
The versatility and technique of making pastry dough
Navigating the challenges of fermented cookies
Strategies for long-fermenting without overproofing
Bringing back dough that has been overproofed

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About Ash

Ash lives in rural Nova Scotia, Canada with her husband Daniel and their children Ellie and Anderson, where they raise pastured pigs and wagyu cattle. The winters are long and the summers are magic and you can often find her in the kitchen or curled up next to the wood stove during the winter months and milking the cow in the yard during the summer. Her greatest passion is teaching others, and her greatest teachers are her children.