Want to know how to revive an old sourdough starter? Forgotten about your sourdough starter at the back of the fridge? Maybe you’ve been away…
Browsing Category Making A Sourdough Starter
Helpful tips and ideas for ensuring you have the bubbliest and most active sourdough starter possible! You’ll find information on how to make your own starter, as well as troubleshooting advice and tips on strengthening your starter. An easy to follow feeding schedule to get you off to a flying start is also included.
An active starter is absolutely paramount to sourdough success and is perhaps the most important part of the whole process. Without adequate colonies of yeast and bacteria, your starter will not have the strength to produce light and airy sourdough bread.
Whether you are making a starter from scratch or rehydrating a sourdough starter that you’ve purchased, you’ll find easy to read instructions across this category.
Some of the blogs you’ll find in this category include:
- Making a Sourdough Starter
- Troubleshooting Your Starter
- How to Strengthen Your Starter
- Storing and Saving Your Starter
- How to Activate a Dried Starter
Best Sourdough Starter Names: The Ultimate Guide To Naming Your Starter
Have you named your sourdough starter? I’ve put together the biggest list of names for your sourdough starter on the internet! There are over 90…
Convert A Sourdough Starter to a Pasta Madre or Stiff Starter
Pasta Madre is a traditional Italian sourdough starter which is much thicker and stiffer than a liquid sourdough starter. If you have an active, bubbly…
How Do You Know When Your Sourdough Starter Is Ready To Bake With?
One of the questions I get asked the most is “how will I know when my sourdough starter is ready to bake with”? This blog…
Making Sourdough In Hotter or Colder Temperatures
Making Sourdough in Hotter or Colder Temperatures: If you are trying to build a sourdough starter or ferment sourdough bread, you will have noticed that…
Why The Amount of Starter Matters: What Happens When You Change The Amount of Sourdough Starter?
Have you ever wondered why the amount of starter in the recipe you’re following has been chosen? Or have you wondered what might happen if…
Why You MUST Discard Some of Your Sourdough Starter
You must discard some of your sourdough starter each time you feed it. You’ll discover that discarding is necessary to build a healthy and thriving…
How To Make Sourdough Less Sour: A Guide To Making Your Sourdough Less Tangy
Learn how to make your sourdough more sour depending on your personal taste. You’ll learn what makes sourdough sour and how to make sourdough sour.
Scaling Your Sourdough Starter – Building Enough Starter For A Recipe
You don’t have to keep loads of sourdough starter on hand to bake sourdough. You can keep between 25-50g of starter on hand and “build”…
5 Ways To Strengthen A Sourdough Starter: Give Your Starter A Boost
If your sourdough starter is a little sluggish, it might need a boost to get it consistently doubling. Perhaps it’s been a little neglected and…