hey guys it's Katie and today is a brand
new day and I thought it would be really
fun if I made my own starter for
sourdough bread from scratch let's call
my friend Marissa who makes bread for a
living and she's gonna help us figure
this out let's do it
Hey hello how are you I'm great
first question what is a starter so a
starter is just a mixture of flour and
water and it's what you're eventually
going to use 211 your sourdough breads I
use a mix of hundred grams of form water
50 grams whole wheat flour 50 grams
bread flour I'm gonna mix it up and
cover it with a lid then I put a rubber
band around the outside to mark movement
you're looking for consistent rise and
fall of the starter let's walk through
like what that first week is like we're
gonna check in on the starter I'm gonna
take a look at it and I'm gonna see if
there are any signs of fermentation I'm
looking for a sweet funky smell see if
there are any air bubbles and if we're
seeing those bubbles we know it's time
to give it feeding if you still don't
see those signs you can wait another day
the feeding is when we discard a lot of
the starter from the container and we
feed it fresh water and flour and that
allows the colony of yeast to grow
within new flour and water keep doing
this process daily for about a week
impossible that it could take a little
longer though depending on your
environment this was super helpful
Marissa I'm gonna get to it get in it
awesome I'm excited and check in with me
during the week okay things that up
I will check in with you I am you know
I'll need to bye
okay after talking with Marissa I'm
gonna start my starter first I have a
scale this is just gonna help you
measure a lot of bread recipes are in as
you can see grams or ounces a scale is
awesome to have I've got a clear
container that I'm gonna put it in tare
this so this goes to zero and then I
have some wheat flour and I have some
bread flour and some water
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I'm gonna set this on my kitchen counter
because it's pretty warm in my kitchen
day one and done see you tomorrow
it looks like it rose like up just a
tiny bit hmm you guys can see those
bubbles that are going on there so
definitely have some life it has a
little bit of sweetness I definitely
think like Marissa said we should wait
another day and check on it and we'll
see you tomorrow yeah I just out of the
shower and I saw my starter and I'm
pretty excited take a look at it wow
it's so alive it was pretty warm cuz I
shot in my kitchen yesterday so I think
that really helped looking fine boy woah
all the bubbles those this is going
strong Marissa said we need to discard
almost all of it we're gonna keep two
tablespoons and I'm gonna give that a
hundred grams of water and a hundred
grams of flour and then with the discard
you don't have to throw it away you can
cap it put it in the fridge I'm going to
use it for pancakes tomorrow morning
ah day three done okay it's another
morning and my starter has risen again
not quite as fluffy but it looks like it
came up you can see that line right
there and they're gonna shrunk back down
and there is a lot more bubbles oh
definitely more sour smelling today
still sweet it's got more sour in there
so I'm gonna discard all of this except
two tablespoons again I'm gonna add 100
grams of warm water 100 grams of flour
and I'm gonna make pancakes with this
discard and my discard from yesterday
whew
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how'd you get it more round Chris it's
filming my husband hello hey oh yeah all
right Chris no I'm really good yeah what
are you worried good for you no no
really good there might be more of like
um about whole-wheat pancakes they're
kind of more like that it's really good
I think they're great it's going I'm
checking in because it's day five and
I'm just not getting like a lot of
movement on my starboard and I don't
know if it's because it's so cold in my
house right now yeah I think like you
could wait for a little bit more bubbles
on the top
no signs of you talked about and then
feed it it will start to level out it's
still really new and young and like
learning the process okay great all
right well I'll just keep I'll keep
going I'll keep observing it okay all
right okay so it's day seven five and
six I just left this guy alone Marissa
said if it's not really writing that
much let it sit and do its thing before
you feed it but now today on the seventh
day it has a lot more action going on so
I'm gonna discard most of it especially
because I let it sit for two days and
then I'm gonna feed it again a hundred
grams of water and a hundred grams of
flour and then I think that we're gonna
have starter that I can make bread with
like tomorrow hey everyone I know I said
I'd be checking in with Marissa tomorrow
but I just I had to show her my starter
today because it basically doubled in
size awesome just so you know like day
five and a six like not much was
happening there wasn't many bubbles on
top today I had all these funky bubbles
when I opened it up
then I fed it I mean to me that sounds
like you're being intuitive like we can
say feed every day but those first few
days like if you want to let it go a
little longer to see a little more of
those signs of funkiness before feeding
sounds like you did the right thing cuz
look at it now right as long as you
don't see any like black mold if it's
like a sludgy Brown black layer that's
called hooch and you can like pour that
out but if it's fuzzy at all
black mold flu unfortunately you might
have to start over it but it this is
looking great let's just try the float
chest get a cool cup of water and its
food okay I'll be right back
for the float test you're gonna take a
clean scoop of the starter and then
you're gonna put it into the water and
when I say clean scoop it's just what
you did we're we're trying not to like
stir it up because you want to see those
bubbles oh it's so floating Marissa oh
my gosh oh my gosh I wish I could go sir
oh it's just kind of fun to do but I
don't waste my starter what should we
name this baby you the name Priscilla
came into my house Priscilla I love
Priscilla this been definitely Priscilla
do you think she'll be ready to like mix
and make a loaf like in a couple days
yeah I think we should give it a shot
let's say after you make that bread you
know you're not gonna bake for a few
weeks what I would do next is feed your
starter and then put it in the
refrigerator you can keep it there
indefinitely just feed it once a week do
a refresh so final question if people
watching wanna make bread when should
they feed their starter if you want to
mix your bread in the morning you could
feed it right before going to bed about
eight hours if you want to make dough in
evenings you could feed in the morning
about any hour you doesn't need to make
sure it passes the flow test where I
said this was so helpful thank you so
much I'm so proud of myself and
Priscilla
I hope you guys tried this at home if I
can do it you definitely can do it and
if you guys have any more baking
questions hit Marissa up at Baker Bowie
on Instagram and check out our bread
making video when that comes out and
make a loaf with us peace and
hello peace and looks all right
I'll see you later
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