Hi. I'm Erica from FarmSteady, and today I'm going to show you how to grow your
own sourdough starter with just flour, water, and a little bit of babysitting.
You don't need a hundred year old starter from San Francisco in order to
make really good sourdough bread,
and the truth is as soon as you bring that
starter into a new environment, it's going to change. So if you've inherited
one that's fantastic. It's already going, and it's going to retain a lot of those
qualities that made somebody keep it to begin with. But if you don't have one.
Don't worry. You can easily grow your own. And if you're interested in even more
fermentation projects, you'll definitely want to subscribe to this channel.
Now let's get started growing of sourdough culture.
For this recipe you'll need a
two quart glass container so your starter has room to grow. Add two ounces white
bread flour and 2 ounces whole wheat flour.
You don't have to split them, but we like the versatility of a half whole wheat starter.
Add four ounces of water, and then mix this together into a thick dough.
You want to just make sure all the flour is in there, and there's no dry patches.
There you go. Now cover and let sit someplace warm (ideally around 70 degrees) for 24 hours.
Time to feed your starter. Add another 2 ounces white flour and
2 ounces wheat flour. Then 4 ounces water, And get ready to stir.
Not much will have happened overnight.
Get it all mixed in there, then cover and let sit again someplace warm for 24 hours.
By day 3 your starter should be looking good. There will be some bubbles,
and it's going to be hungry. Add 2 ounces of white flour and
2 ounces whole wheat flour then 4 ounces of water
and mix it all up again. Get it all in there. Then cover, and let sit again for 24 hours.
Day 4. Add 2 ounces white flour
2 ounces wheat flour, and 4 ounces of water,
and stir to combine.
By day 4, your starter is going to be a lot lighter, and should have a nice yeasty smell
and loads of bubbles.
Get it all in there then cover. Let it sit for 24 hours.
Day 5. Your starter's looking great.
It should smell yeasty and a little bit sour, light, airy, and have
a lot of bubbles. Feed it again with 2 ounces of white flour,
2 ounces of wheat flour,
and 4 ounces of water.
Stir that all together.
And you have one happy sourdough starter. After five days you'll have a beautiful
sourdough starter, and you can get baking Your starter will just keep getting better with age.
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