Starters & Levains

<p>Fermenting flour and water to rise bread with</p>
starter, day 7 week 2.

My First White Starter

My starter is currently 2 weeks old after today and I'm still unsure on its progress. I have been following the technique from...

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My culture grows so fast and gets watery.

Here is my 1 day old culture. 100% of hydration. Same amount of white flour ( with 10% of rye flour) and water were used. I think...

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Throw it out??:(

My sourdough starter is 2+ weeks old. Everything has been going beautifully and I've cooked with it daily for about 12 days now...

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Determining hydration of an existing starter ?

Hi, I'm ken [ ĸen if the software recognises it, but I'm not holding out much hope of that ]. I've been making sourdoughs for a...

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London tapwater?

I'm a sourdough newbie and have recently brought my 2 month old starter back to London from rural Ireland. The water, air quality...

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Starter Blowout

Starter Blowout

I'm preparing to bake my first sourdough this week; have been building a starter along the lines of the one in Peter Reinhart's...

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How to feed the starter

I used to feed my starter every day and leave it out of the fridge but since I bake only once a week I think I'd better put it in...

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using an apple to make a starter

hello...i'm new to this website, and am so excited to learn more.....i was reading the book 'bread of three rivers' by sara...

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flour to feed the starter

What kind of flour do you use to feed the starter? Lisette

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Sekowa Backferment

Does anybody have a definitive idea about what is different between sour dough and backferment. They are made of slightly...

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