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Mike and Natalie at the Tortoise Bakery. Photo courtesy of Tortoise Bakery<\/p><\/div>\n

Slow fermented bread isn\u2019t a secret, according to Tortoise Bakery founder Mike Sweetman, but it will take a lot of patience to get the exceptional bread promised by the recipe.<\/p>\n

Mike discovered his passion for baking as a teenager, while working in his father\u2019s bakery, but it wasn\u2019t until years later that his interest in slow fermented bread took off.<\/p>\n

Tortoise Bakery\u2019s bread has less yeast than normal bread and is fermented for longer, giving it an improved flavour and also making it more digestible.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are the only organic accredited bakery in South Wales,\u201d says Mike, \u201cbut our method is the key to making our bread unique.\u201d<\/p>\n

Next, Mike hopes to produce a bread fermented for 108 hours, he says he\u2019s \u201calmost cracked it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Slow fermented bread isn\u2019t a secret, according to Tortoise Bakery founder Mike Sweetman, but it will take a lot of patience to get the exceptional bread promised by the recipe. Mike discovered his passion for baking as a teenager, while working in his father\u2019s bakery, but it wasn\u2019t until years later that his interest in… <\/p>\n

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