![Desem recipe](https://questforsourdough.com/sites/default/files/styles/sourdough_detail_preview/public/sourdough/shots/sourdough_desem_rising.jpg?itok=fJxhbohE)
Mixture
33%
66%
Liquid
Flour
Other
Desem
Since 2012
Health, challenge
Characteristics
Very active slightly acidic, buttermilk
Taste & flavour
![Desem jar shot](https://questforsourdough.com/sites/default/files/styles/sourdough_detail_preview/public/sourdough/shots/sourdough_desem_jar.jpg?itok=oX32GIHi)
![Desem front shot](https://questforsourdough.com/sites/default/files/styles/sourdough_detail_preview/public/sourdough/shots/sourdough_desem_top.jpg?itok=kZBCUuSz)
![Desem rising shot](https://questforsourdough.com/sites/default/files/styles/sourdough_detail_preview/public/sourdough/shots/sourdough_desem_rising.jpg?itok=fJxhbohE)
Recipe
Starting ingredients
- 100% Flour
- 50% Water
Feeding ingredients
- 100% Desem
- 100% Water
- 200% Flour
1
Dilute desem in warm water. Waterweight is desem weight. Add twice the desemweight of flour. Store in the fridge. Usable the next morning.
100% Desem
100% Water
200% Flour
Working method
1
All white 50% hydration sourdough
100% Flour
50% Water
Result
Wholewheat
All whole wheat and the white desem
![Desem Wholewheat first overview](https://questforsourdough.com/sites/default/files/styles/sourdough_detail_preview/public/sourdough/product/sourdough_desem_wholewheat_entirely.jpg?itok=465QF55m)
Croissant
![Desem Croissant first overview](https://questforsourdough.com/sites/default/files/styles/sourdough_detail_preview/public/sourdough/product/sourdough_desem_croissant_entirely.jpg?itok=tu5eIuSL)