I made this cake but used my freshly
fed sourdough starter that was left over from bread baking.
I was hesitant to try it because it requires
fed sourdough starter (which means you need to get rid of some of your starter before feeding it again to use for the bread) and takes about 24 hours to make from start to finish.
Add
the fed sourdough starter and the remaining dough ingredients, and mix and knead — by hand, mixer, bread machine or food processor — until you've made a soft dough, adding additional water or flour as needed.
I didn't use
fed sourdough starter *, will the bread still turn out ok?
This recipe calls for
fed sourdough starter, which means you need to remove a cup of starter, use it in another recipe, feed your starter, let it sit for at least 5 hours, and then use a cup of the fed starter for the bread.
How recently had
you fed your sourdough starter?
There's undeniably a lot of value in maintaining a healthy and regularly
fed sourdough starter, but sometimes we do need a vacation, don't we?
It was heart wrenching for me to stop
feeding my sourdough starter and bake my bread every week, a real loss.
These quick, easy, and buttery sourdough biscuits are the perfect way to use up some sourdough discard when
feeding your sourdough starter.
It's what I'm currently
feeding my sourdough starter with, too.
Do you sometimes forget to
feed your sourdough starter?
It's now time to begin
feeding the sourdough starter twice a day, about every 12 hours.
FEEDING YOUR SOURDOUGH STARTER 1 ounce sourdough starter 1 ounce unbleached flour or whole wheat flour (preferably freshly ground or sprouted flour) 1/2 cup water (filtered for chlorine and fluoride, room temperature)(If you need more starter, for example, if you are doing bulk baking and freezing your bread, you can increase these amounts)
I am very new to baking with sourdough and I am wondering if
you feed your sourdough starter before mixing the dough together?
I needed to
feed my sourdough starter after storing it in the fridge for a month.
How often do
you feed your sourdough starter?
Sarah
feeds her sourdough starter with Methow Hard Red and Pasayten Hard White flours.
Within a few minutes I think of something else that needs to be done, most likely cutting grids into my settling cheese or
feeding the sourdough starter, and I pop up and go do it.
Traditional foodies know that
feeding sourdough starter regularly is necessary to keep it active, bubbly and healthy.
Not exact matches
There's far too much written about
sourdough that makes it sound mysterious and hard to master, I think you've done a great job of demystifying it:) I
feed my
starter as and when I remember; I don't throw any away; I
feed it sufficient to create the amount I need when I make a loaf; I pretty much chuck my loaves together, fold the dough regularly for a few hours, then leave it to prove before baking.
If
fed and cared for properly, your
sourdough starter can live forever, literally.
I'm just heading into the kitchen now to
feed up my
starter for a loaf of
sourdough sandwich bread for my husband.
I have been
feeding my
starter every week and I decided to put it to good use in these
sourdough fruit muffins.
When creating a
sourdough starter from scratch, my advice is to
feed twice daily... each time, discarding HALF the volume just before you
feed.
Panettone is made with a natural yeast
starter that is
fed frequently and maintained at a warm temperature to render it less acidic than a typical
sourdough starter.
I realize it's kind of a pain to have cups of
starter you either need to bake with or throw away, but it's all about keeping the natural yeast in your
starter well -
fed and maintaining a proper pH. If you try the
sourdough recipe without
feeding a few hours ahead of time, your
starter won't be active enough to leaven your bread.Let me know how your bread turns out; I'd love to hear!
Like the
sourdough biscuit and pancake recipes I have posted recently, this banana bread recipe uses a cup of
sourdough starter straight from the refrigerator so it's a perfect way to use up the
sourdough discard when
feeding your
starter.
For one thing, this crust can go from quite sour to «can't even tell it's
sourdough,» depending on how recently you've
fed your
starter.
I used KAF
sourdough starter that I have been
feeding for two weeks.
You can make these pretzels on a moment's notice, too: the recipe calls for
sourdough starter straight from the refrigerator, no need to
feed it first.
My problem came with the
sourdough starter: I was told I had to
feed it DAILY, and I ended up with what I then called «that hungry - starving white stuff» everywhere, it seemed!
I modified it to make it a true
sourdough by substituting
fed starter for the yeasted ferment and leaving out the yeast from the dough.
We cook stuff from scratch using real ingredients, like raw milk, grass -
fed beef, eggs from chickens that run around outdoors, whole grains,
sourdough and yogurt
starters, mineral - rich sea salt, and natural sweeteners like honey and real maple syrup.
When the
sourdough starter doubles 1 - 4 hours after
feeding, it's ready to bake with.
When I make 100 % whole wheat
sourdough, I'll use about 75g of 100 % hydration
starter (100 % hydration
starter is the way Annemarie tells you to
feed it above, so that's what you'll have if you follow her directions).
Also, it helps to balance the pH. Thirdly, this gives the yeast more food to eat (fresh flour) each time you
feed it, and this keeps your
sourdough starter healthy and bubbly.
If you prefer, you may want to store your
sourdough starter in the fridge and either (1)
feed it once a week or (2) just leave it in the fridge until you a ready to use it.
However, I've been working on a
sourdough starter all week which calls for twice a day
feedings.
Follow directions (see below) on making and activating a
sourdough starter,
feeding it every 8 hours until it is super-bubbly and active.
Should you store your
sourdough starter in the fridge or store on the counter and
feed twice a day?
These overnight
sourdough cinnamon and walnut scrolls are one of the many recipes I have developed over the past few months to use up excess
sourdough starter (in case you weren't aware, you discard about 80 % of the
starter every time you
feed it!).
To hibernate your
sourdough starter, all you need to do is take freshly
fed starter (about a cup will do) and store it with an airtight lid in the refrigerator.
If the
sourdough starter separates and liquid starts to form at the top of the
starter, pour out the liquid and some of the
starter and continue
feeding it.
After a week (7 days) store the
sourdough starter in the fridge with the lid on and
feed it once a week.
I've never used dehydrated
sourdough starter before but i guess it should work if you activate it and
feed it for a couple of days before baking
What to do with
sourdough starter when I already had plenty, yet wanted to be sure to
feed it so I could use it the next day?
Hi Donna, yes, you can
feed your current
sourdough starter with gluten - free flour and maintain it in the same way as you would a starter fed with wheat flour, however it will take some time for it to become relatively gluten - free and for people who have celiac disease or are gluten - intolerant it would be better to follow our recipe for developing a Gluten - Free Sourdough Starter from t
sourdough starter with gluten - free flour and maintain it in the same way as you would a starter fed with wheat flour, however it will take some time for it to become relatively gluten - free and for people who have celiac disease or are gluten - intolerant it would be better to follow our recipe for developing a Gluten - Free Sourdough Starter from the
starter with gluten - free flour and maintain it in the same way as you would a
starter fed with wheat flour, however it will take some time for it to become relatively gluten - free and for people who have celiac disease or are gluten - intolerant it would be better to follow our recipe for developing a Gluten - Free Sourdough Starter from the
starter fed with wheat flour, however it will take some time for it to become relatively gluten - free and for people who have celiac disease or are gluten - intolerant it would be better to follow our recipe for developing a Gluten - Free
Sourdough Starter from t
Sourdough Starter from the
Starter from the start.
I also liked the idea that it was healthy, until I got a «baby» from a neighbor (that was super fun, like sharing
sourdough starter) and realized how much sugar and caffeine it got
fed!
We'll concentrate here on a typical American
sourdough starter, which begins with whole - grain flour, and is subsequently
fed with all - purpose flour.
By varying the liquid / flour balance of your
starter, and the temperature at which it's
fed; as well as the temperature and duration of a
sourdough loaf's rise, you can make
sourdough bread that's richly flavored, with barely a hint of sour; or one that's truly mouth - puckering.