'What can I do with my sourdough when I go on holiday?'

Sourdough starters are tough and flexible - a small handful of starter dough, whether in a miner's trousers in the frozen Yukon goldrush, or in the plastic tub in the modern kitchen, and you have all you need.

You can freeze it - but we left one in the fridge for 2 weeks, which was quick to grow back when fed. The other three, which I needed to use the day I got back, we took with us, for a holiday in Cornwall. A handful of flour and water every three of four days was enough to keep the bubbles rising.

 

Little Eye Bakery - NW Food Award Winner 2011

After only 9 months in start-up, Little Eye won regional fine food awards in 2011 for two of its sourdough breads - the Russian Rye,and the Omega. One of three bakeries in the North West to win awards, Little Eye is looking forward to delivering its traditional slow leaven breads across Merseyside in the coming months. See

http://www.nwda.co.uk/news--events/press-releases/201101/taste-of-success-for-regions.aspx

or

www.wirralnews.co.uk/.../local-bakers-win-at-fine-food-awards-2011-80491-28875813/

An independent benchmark for the region’s best foods, in 2011 the awards were judged by a select panel of food experts including top chefs, food buyers and food writers, through a series of heats held across the region. 

Pat Foreman, chief executive of Food NW, said: “The Fine Food Awards honour the very best of the fine foods to be found in our region. Little Eye Bakery should be proud of their achievement, which is testament to the hard work, creativity and innovation that has gone into making their award-winning product. We are delighted to be able to help promote and support the finest foods our region to offer.”

This year’s awards saw nearly 400 products entered by 132 companies from across the Northwest.