Starters & Levains

<p>Fermenting flour and water to rise bread with</p>

seeking advice on funky starter

Hi all! I am a proud beginner sourdough momma, and have baked a few rounds of bread from a beauitful, active starter given to me...

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Changing continents

I've been in the Caribbean for 6 months and started making sourdough. It's been a huge success and I'd like to take my starter...

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Increasing levain in a recipe

If I increase the amount of levain in a recipe, how will it impact the final loaf?

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Yeast Starters

Hi! Just found this website. Looking forward to exploring it! I have made my first batch of yeast using a recipe from another...

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Seeding a starter

Hi Need a bit of help restarting my starter. I had just a tiny bit left from my last bake and find that feeding by doubling the...

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the black line shows where the jar was filled with starter

Advice/troubleshooting revived frozen Alaska strain

Hi-Last year I received a wonderful dried starter from Alaska. I found that I was getting too busy to maintain and bake during...

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Is my starter battling an unwanted bacteria or fungus?

Hi all. I've been getting lots of useful information here over the past two months since I started baking sourdough bread. (Thank...

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starter over the holidays?

I am loving this soudough cooking AND this site! There is a whole world our there of sourdough bakers I didn't know about! I feel...

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Experiment: Trying different ways to hibernate and wake up starter

After some dissatisfaction with freezing and rejuvenating my starter, I am experimenting with a few different methods of long-...

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Large batch of dough and starter time

Hi all, I am planning on making a large batch of sourdough bread to sell for a school fete. Do I need to give the starter more...

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