Part of the puratos library
Mixture
Unknown
Liquid
Flour
Other
Cornelius
Since 1919
I was gifted Cornelius by an old woman in Iceland and now through workshops I teach about sourdough, everyone receives a piece of Cornelius - so he spreads around the world and is baked by hundreds!
Characteristics
158 years old and counting! Due to this program, we couldnt show his actual age as it only went so far back. Picked up on the microbial circus tour 2016 in Iceland. he migrated in 1865 from the Basque Country via boat to iceland. this is how we know that he is so old.
Taste & flavour
Recipe
Starting ingredients
Feeding ingredients
- 50% Water
- 50% Whole wheateat
1
take out Cornelius from fridge
there is just enough sourdough on the edges of the jar and at the bottom to feed. no throwing excess sourdough out
50% Water
50% Whole wheateat
2
feed Cornelius 150 grams of whole grain flour (he has a diverse diet of wheat, rye and spelt and sometimes enjoys his comfort food of barley) and 150 grams of water
3
allow to sit at room temp for 4-8 hours (depending on temp).
use 275grams of active Cornelius for bread
Working method
1
Result
Alexis Goertz
bread
Comments
Glad to have Cornelius in the sourdough library. Hence the pink dot!