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:
Stop keeping multiple jars of sourdough starter. You don’t have to feed your discard! Read on to find out why feeding your discard is actually more wasteful than ditching it or using it for other things. Now I mean this the best of intentions and sourdough love – stop keeping multiple jars of sourdough starter….
Easy instructions on making a chocolate sourdough starter. This simple chocolate variation on a traditional sourdough starter will provide you with new inspiration on your sourdough journey. You can use this starter for a myriad of chocolate sourdough recipes, as well as add it to non chocolate sourdough recipes for a new twist. How To…
Are you looking for a whey sourdough bread recipe? If you make your own yoghurt or cheese at home, you may have wondered about using whey in sourdough bread baking. This blog will give you some ideas on how you can use it to improve your sourdough bread, as well as some ideas for using…
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 or just been busy and now you’d like to get back into baking with your sourdough starter – but it’s been forgotten at the back of the fridge and now…
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 101 names on the list and it’s growing! Seriously, there is so much choice. I’d love to know what you’ve called your sourdough starter? Make sure you leave a comment to…
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 sourdough starter you can use this to make your own Pasta Madre in just a few short days. This stiff starter has a softer, more rounded flavor profile. How Is…
One of the questions I get asked the most is “how do I know when my sourdough starter is ready to bake with”? This blog will take you through the readiness signs to look for, as well as how to know when your sourdough starter has reached maturity. When Is Your Sourdough Starter Ready To…
Making Sourdough bread in hotter or colder temperatures requires some adjustment to the recipe you’re using. If you are trying to build a sourdough starter or ferment sourdough bread, you will have noticed that temperature plays a huge part. Too cold and fermentation just doesn’t happen fast enough. Too hot and you can end up…
Does the amount of sourdough starter matter? And what happens when you change the ratio of sourdough starter to flour?
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 sourdough starter – but it’s not actually as wasteful as you might think. Why You Must Discard Some of Your Sourdough Starter Before You Feed It If you don’t discard…