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Artisan Bread Baking Course

Highlights

  • Stay in a family run B&B accommodation in your own ensuite room.
  • Learn to cook sourdough bread, baguettes, croissants & pain au chocolat.
  • Great base under an hour's drive of beaches, mountains and Granada.
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What you'll do

Overview

Join this 5 day artisan bread baking course (3 full baking days) in the host's very own micro-bakery just 15 minutes from the vibrant city of Granada; roll up your sleeves and get hands-on to prepare your own artisan loaves from start to finish and learn the tricks of the trade.

If you have been wanting to master the art of baking your own bread and love sourdough and croissants, this is the getaway for you. Head to this private artisan micro-bakery in a small town close to Granada, roll...Read All

Arrival

– Arrival and welcome drinks
– The afternoon and evening are free for you to spend at your leisure
– Outline the history of leavened bread from the time of the Pharaohs to the present day
– Explaining the benefits of artisan baking, natural leavening, and retarded fermentation
– Dinner with the family at 8pm

 

Accommodation

Features
Accommodation in a lovely family home in a spacious villa in Pinos Peunte.Read All

Bread Baking

– Breakfast between 8 and 10am
– Hand out recipes, notebooks, aprons and briefing on safety and hygiene
Morning
– Preparing and refreshing a sourdough culture (“mother”)
– Preparing and growing a starter (first stage fermentation)
– Bake some prepared bread to eat with lunch
– Relaxing lunch at 1:30pm with a glass or two of wine
Afternoon
– Mixing flour, water, and starter to form dough
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Pizza & Baguettes

– Breakfast between 8 and 10am
– After breakfast, you’ll have time to master a pizza, sample a range of local oils, or take in some sightseeing with your hosts – they will leave it up to you
– Relaxing lunch at 1:30pm with a glass or two of wine
– Tip sourdough from bannetons onto oven peel
– Learn different scoring techniques
– Bake bread, in our Rofco stone oven and also in a conventional oven using an enamelled p...Read All

Pastry

Breakfast between 8 and 10am
– Sourdough bread: prepare starter and dough for afternoon’s high hydration bread practice
– Laminated pastry: prepare laminated dough pastries, including classic French croissants, pains aux raisins, and pain au chocolat
– Prove pastries, then bake in the convection oven
– Lunch at 1:30, including croissants with a variety of savoury fillings
– Sourdough Baguettes: cut baguette dough, shape, prove bagu...Read All

Departure

Breakfast at 8:30am

You are welcome to join us and bake any bread or pastries you have prepared during the previous day.

Depending on the time of your return travel, this will give you extra tuition time and you can take home as much very fresh baked produce as you can carry!

Check out by 12:00, taking sourdough starter, bread, pastries, new-found skills and happy memories!

After the course, we will provide guests with high quality ...Read All

What's included

Included

  • 4 nights accommodation in either a single or twin/double room
  • Please note: prices are per person and there are no single supplements for solo travellers
  • 3 day complete sourdough course (15.5 hours) covering all aspects from obtaining ingredients, baking through to storage
  • Apron, recipes and notebook upon arrival
  • All meals including breakfasts, lunches and dinners
  • Snacks and refreshments served throughout the days
  • Sourdough culture to take home with you
  • Check in any time after 4pm on Saturday and check out by noon on Wednesday
Your local host

Lydia and Mike

Mike and Lydia moved to the Lecrin Valley in Andalucia from the UK, and were overtaken by the beauty and fresh, lush regional produce available. However, they were missing one thing and that was good bread from back home. Following on from Lydia’s already proven recipe and technique for perfect croissants, Mike began an obsession with sourdough. And so their micro-bakery was born, the perfect place to master their favourite foods and share the experience with others. Although your focus of the course will be on the sourdough and other delicious baked goods, your hosts Mike and Lydia will be serving up an array of international foods during meal times, accompanied by amazing regional wines. All enjoyed together on the terrace surrounded by the mountains.

Mike and Lydia moved to the Lecrin Valley in Andalucia from the UK, and were overtaken by the beauty and fresh, lush regional produce available. However, they were missing one thing and that was good bread from back home. Following on from Lydia’s already proven recipe and technique for perfect croissants, Mike began an obsession with sourdough. And so their micro-bakery was born, the perfect place to master their favourite foods and share the experience with others. Although your focus of the course will be on the sourdough and other delicious baked goods, your hosts Mike and Lydia will be serving up an array of international foods during meal times, accompanied by amazing regional wines. All enjoyed together on the terrace surrounded by the mountains.

Lydia and Mike image

Location

This unique baking course is based in the small town of Pinos Puente, just 20 km from central Granada, a small town sitting at the foot of the Sierra Elvira mountain range. You will stay in a micro-bakery with charming accommodation in the baker’s family home.

There is  a large supermarket nearby and lots of typical Spanish shops, bars and good facilities within easy walking distance

There are hiking trails on the nearby mountain, which is thermally active and has splendid views of Granada´s Vega  plain and the Sierra Nevada mountains

There is plenty of easy parking outside the villa, for those who wish to hire a car from the airport, and a drive into Central Granada takes only 15 minutes

Taxis to and from Granada typically charge 20-40 euros. A morning or afternoon trip to the Albaycin (old Arab quarter) is feasible during our course, but sadly not a visit to the Alhambra palace and gardens as that will take a full day

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What our travellers are saying...

Fantastic place! I went here for one of their courses and loved every minute. The course was tailored to my individual needs and I learned loads across the five days. The fact this was in a stunning setting with a lovely, lovely family only made the experience even more special. I have done quite a few baking courses in the UK which have not come close to this. The fact that you stay means you can really cover off all parts of the baking process

Matthew Draper

Had a great time, learn the skills fast and warm and friendly welcome.

M De Guzman

Can’t say enough about incredible time in Mike’s, Lydia’s, little Lara’s and Matthew’s home. Learning to make sour dough bread and baguettes/Mike and croissants/Lydia was so informative. Instructions, knowledge and techniques were only surpassed by their patience. Recommend to everyone - 5 star plus.

P Morrison

Great holiday with friendly family, sharing lots of sourdough baking and eating. Enjoyed walks from village beside orange and lemon orchards. Visited the Alhambra palace and an olive oil tour on my extra days. Home with lots of tips, my signature loaf, photos and happy memories.

P Carr

FAQs

Who is this suitable for?

- All levels from beginner to advanced bakers welcome
- Minimum age 18 with no upper age limit (under 18s accepted accompanied by an adult)
- All classes are taught in English

Can you tell me more abbout the cooking school

- This is a small, family-run bakery specializing in all things sourdough started by husband and wife, Lydia and Mike
- This school is a working micro-bakery which is separate from the main kitchen of the house
- It is perfectly fitted with hardwood topped, stainless steel catering tables, shelving, cleaning facilities, Rofco bread oven, and all the tools, equipment and best ingredients you will need to create perfect sourdough
- This is school caters up to four ‘bakers’ at a time, so groups are small and attention is very individual, and you can learn at your own pace (please enquire if you are a bigger group or need additional accommodation)
- You will learn by mirroring your teachers step by step, until you have mastered a technique
- The baking school and accommodation is all run by your hosts, who will be there for limitless advice in regards to baking, tips on the area, local activities, as well as anything you may need during your stay.

Can you tell me more about the process

Please note that making artisan bread is a long slow process, so lessons are nothing like the cookery lessons you normally come across. Not that it is ever boring - it is always good fun. It may look quite intensive (your hosts aim to give guests plenty of opportunity to master steps) but there is always lots of time during the preparation to go for a stroll, lounge on the terrace, take in some Netflix or have a nap!

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