Schuurdesem

Schuurdesem is a one-baker sourdough bakery on the Noordereinde in 's-Graveland, where the bread is baked the same day it is sold and customers can watch the baking.

The core loaves are 100% sourdough with no bread improvers: a wholemeal loaf, a half-and-half spelt loaf with or without seeds, and a white loaf of T65 wheat flour, joined each week by specials such as a wholemeal miso loaf, a walnut, fig and rosemary loaf and an olive loaf. Some breads, including the baguette, ciabatta, focaccia, brioche and sweet buns, use sourdough with a little added yeast, and the quark loaf is made on a yeast pre-dough, so it is worth asking by name for the 100% sourdough. Their website says the bakery uses organic, local and seasonal ingredients, though it holds no organic certificate. Any unsold bread is frozen the same day and sold from the freezer.

The bakery is open Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 9:30 to 14:00. Up to 30% of the bread can be ordered by email or Instagram message at least 32 hours ahead, and the rest is kept for walk-in customers. The shop barn also sells jams, sauces, soups and coffee.

The weekly menu is published every Monday from 12:00 on their website.