Jason’s Sourdough Breads Of The World Review

Reviewed by Jane Warwick

My family love sourdough so I was excited to be able to do a review on sourdough bread. Jason’s sourdough range is made by a family owned business and Jason is the fourth generation of master bakers. The breads are fermented over 24 hours from their sourdough mother culture.

The range is made up of New York inspired White & Rye Sourdough with a pinch of caraway seeds, Baltic Inspired White Sourdough with potato and a hint of rosemary and Italian inspired sundried tomato and basil Sourdough Flatbread. All of these arrived neatly packed in a cardboard box and I immediately noted the sell by date which was four days’ later, which gave me ample time to test all the breads. One of the good things about the bread is that it can be frozen for up to a month, so I did put the spare bread into the freezer.

All the breads are in a plastic cover which is mainly coloured but has an area at one end which is transparent so you can see the bread. This is very good as it shows the breads’ attractive colour together with their inviting crusts. I liked how the colours and pattern on these covers goes very cleverly with the different breads. The first one I tried was the Italian inspired sundried tomato and basil sourdough flatbread. This bread’s cover has a green background then smaller black, white, and red stripes so it immediately has an Italian feel to it. We were having a satay chicken curry, so this seemed ideal instead of nan bread. I placed it in a warm oven 190 degrees for 6 minutes (No temperature recommendation on the package but this information can be found online if buying the bread from ASDA). This sourdough is light, moist and you can taste the sundried tomatoes though the basil was not as easy to detect. The bread is slightly sweet which went well with the satay sauce. There was enough bread for 2 adults, and I would definitely try this flat bread at a later date with a charcuterie board.

The next day I tried the New York inspired sourdough (the packaging this time is blue then black with two white stripes and two red stripes so they have very cleverly got the New York feel just by changing a few colours and adding an additional stripe), for breakfast with homemade Seville marmalade. I could taste the caraway seeds through the marmalade and liked the taste but thought the bread was a little dry despite the fact there was 3 days to go before the sell by date. The next day I tried this bread toasted and it made very good toast with a crisp edge and complemented the marmalade much better than when not toasted. I need to try the New York inspired sourdough with pastrami and Emmental or Jarlsberg cheese next time as I think the sourdough will complement these other flavours.

I was then intrigued to try the Balti inspired sourdough (the packaging (wait for it), was mustard colour then stripes of black, white, red and blue!). I made two chicken and sundried tomato sandwiches and I could have made another. These bread slices are large so there are just about enough bread slices to make sandwiches for a family of four with the crust remaining. This bread contains potato and rosemary which made the sandwich very filling but unfortunately it was not to my taste. I think a toasted sandwich would be better next time rather than plain bread having enjoyed the New York inspired sourdough toasted.

The only downside to these sourdoughs is that the resealable labels were not resealable, which is a little disappointing when it is labelled as resealable and though I like the packaging it would be good to try packaging which can be recycled in the future.

Rating: 4/5

RRP: £1.80 ( 400g)

These breads can be purchased in store or online from ASDA here.