Now I've read you can use milk
kefir as a starter immediately to make sourdough bread, instead of having to go through the tedious days of making a starter and want to do that, but I was wondering if I could still use this kefir or whey from the countertop?
Hi Virginia, I'm sure the kefir grains would work but from what I've read those who use water
kefir as a starter culture just use it straight (not the grains).
I want to use the expensive market
kefir as a starter for home - made batches.
I'm about to try a sourdough bread using
kefir as the starter — yes, the starter — people are saying it is great.
Not exact matches
This yeast activity is also why one can use milk
kefir as a bread - leavening agent much like a sourdough
starter.
Bowien's Mission Chinese uses Tartine's
starter for its tender - crumbed pizza crust,
as well
as for the sourdough pita rounds that accompany chive -
kefir butter in the restaurant's bread service.
(that basically they can not be purchased or ordered) If anyone knows where you can purchase
kefir grains (
as apposed to
starter mixes), I'm all ears thanks
Kefir on the other hand, if it's made traditionally, with kefir grains as a starter, contains around 50 strains of yeasts and bact
Kefir on the other hand, if it's made traditionally, with
kefir grains as a starter, contains around 50 strains of yeasts and bact
kefir grains
as a
starter, contains around 50 strains of yeasts and bacteria.
Kefir milk can also be successfully used
as a
starter for yogurt.
It is
as simple
as adding a yogurt or
kefir starter — found in the refrigerator section of most health food stores — to a can of whole - fat coconut milk in a glass jar.
You can usually buy this type of
kefir starter as a single or multi-pack.
There are non dairy yogurt
starters to make at home
as well
as non dairy
kefir (water
kefir grains).
I've also noticed that the unwashed bag acts
as a «
starter» for the
kefir and gives it a boost.
Also, is it possible to add some
kefir grains to your yogurt, along with the yogurt
starter, in order to add those strains of probiotics to the yogurt
as well?
About it being «artificial» (using it loosely
as i do nt want to be in an argument nor any kind of conflict) I just meant that it uses artificially produced
kefir starters (which also lacks organisms that can be found in traditional
kefir) and not the grains that we all use and love.
Extra water
kefir grains may be used
as a
starter culture for fermenting vegetables.
And probiotic kombucha, which is a fermented tea drink in which tea, water and sugar are combined together and heated, with
starter cultures added to create the end product, exactly
as is done with yogurt or
kefir.