Sourdough Starter Recipe
Sourdough starter, with this recipe you can provide yourself with a natural yeast mixture. It is healthy for your gut, you can use it for baking many different goods like: bread, pancakes, quiches, pizza and more!
Supplies
- A jar, cup, container or something else in which you can store your starter. I recommend to use a jar or container which is transparent and can be closed (note: the jar should not be closed airtight).
- A wooden spoon to stir your starter.
- A scale or measuring cup.
Ingredients
- Whole wheat bread flour (you can use Spelt, Einkorn or Rye flour).
- (Filtered) water.
Day 1
Mix two equal parts of water and flour in the jar, I took 100 grams of water and 100 grams of flour. After mixing these two together leave the mixture to rest at room temperature. You can cover the jar slightly but always be sure it is not air tight.
Day 2 – 7
Throw away half of the starter mixture and again mix two equal parts (I used 50 grams of water and 50 grams of flour). Repeat this every day.
Maintaining your starter
After day 7 you should have a nice, fresh, slightly sour smelling mixture of water and flour. From this moment forward you can store it at room temperature or in the fridge. I would recommend to store it at room temperature if you are going to bake your goods daily. When you, just like me, are going to bake in the weekends only, store it in your fridge.
When you store your starter in the fridge and you want to start baking a bread, get the starter out and feed (activate) it with equal parts of water and flour. I saw recommendations to feed the starter the night before you’re going to bake, but I’m sometimes a bit thick headed and chaotic and forget to think of it before I go to bed. Luckily my breads have a nice beautiful oven spring so feeding your starter in the morning will work just as fine!
When keeping your starter at room temperature, feed it every day with, again, equal parts of flour and water.
I hope this blog will help you to make your own sourdough starter. As you can see, it takes a little of your time and patience, but in the end isn’t hard to do at all. If you keep you starter fed and happy you can enjoy baking with it for years and years to come. Good luck!
Sourdough Starter
Sourdough starter, with this recipe you can provide yourself with a natural yeast mixture. It is healthy for your gut, you can use it for baking many different goods like: bread, pancakes, quiches, pizza and more!
Ingredients
- Whole wheat bread flour (you can use Spelt, Einkorn or Rye flour).
- (Filtered) water.
Instructions
DAY 1
Mix two equal parts of water and flour in the jar, I took 100 grams of water and 100 grams of flour. After mixing these two together leave the mixture to rest at room temperature. You can cover the jar slightly but always be sure it is not air tight.
DAY 2 – 7
Throw away half of the starter mixture and again mix two equal parts (I used 50 grams of water and 50 grams of flour). Repeat this every day.
Notes
After day 7 you should have a nice, fresh, slightly sour smelling mixture of water and flour. From this moment forward you can store it at room temperature or in the fridge. I would recommend to store it at room temperature if you are going to bake your goods daily. When you, just like me, are going to bake in the weekends only, store it in your fridge.
When you store your starter in the fridge and you want to start baking a bread, get the starter out and feed (activate) it with equal parts of water and flour. I saw recommendations to feed the starter the night before you’re going to bake, but I’m sometimes a bit thick headed and chaotic and forget to think of it before I go to bed. Luckily my breads have a nice beautiful oven spring so feeding your starter in the morning will work just as fine!
When keeping your starter at room temperature, feed it every day with, again, equal parts of flour and water.
I hope this blog will help you to make your own sourdough starter. As you can see, it takes a little of your time and patience, but in the end isn’t hard to do at all. If you keep you starter fed and happy you can enjoy baking with it for years and years to come. Good luck!
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