Perfect sourdough
Age
4Years
Color
Country of origin United States
Taste
& Flavour
Mixture
96%
4%
Liquid
Flour
Other
Riverside Lodge COVID-19
Since 2020
The pandemic gave me an excuse to make it. I had others but wanted to see what this new white whole wheat flour would yield
Characteristics
Mine is a sweeter, more grassy, (fresh from the field) kind of a starter. I keep six others but this one yields the best oven spring and crusts among all my collection
Taste & flavour
Recipe
Starting ingredients
- 16g Whole wheat flour
- 16g Rye flour
- 32g Filtered water
- 32g White whole wheat flour
- 32g Filtered water
- 32g White whole wheat flour
- 32g Filtered water
- 32g White whole wheat
- 32g Filtered water
- 125g White whole wheat flour
- 125% Filtered water
- 32g White whole wheat flour
- 32g Filtered water
- 125g White whole wheat flour
- 125g Filtered water
Feeding ingredients
- 125g White whole wheat flour
- 125g Filtered water
1
Four to six hours before I need it, I double it volume with equal parts of white whole wheat flour and water, take off half to bake with. refed it with cup (125 g) of white whole wheat flour and ½ cup (125 g) filtered water and then put it back into the fridge
125g White whole wheat flour
125g Filtered water
Working method
1
DAY 1: To begin I sterilized a large glass jar, ground some wheat and rye berries mixed half and half, and put ⅓ cup (32 g) into the jar. Then I added ¼ cup (32 g) of filtered room temperature water. I mixed it all together and set it on the counter with a loosely fitting cover for a day.
16g Whole wheat flour
16g Rye flour
32g Filtered water
2
DAY2: The flour and water had separated, but I stirred it back together with ⅓ cup (32 g) of white whole wheat flour and another ¼ cup (32 g) filtered water and set it on the counter with a loosely fitting cover again.
32g White whole wheat flour
32g Filtered water
3
DAY 3: There was some activity; a few bubbles were showing. I fed it again with ⅓ cup (32 g) of white whole wheat flour and another ¼ cup (32 g) filtered water. I mixed it all together and set it on the counter with a loosely fitting cover once again.
32g White whole wheat flour
32g Filtered water
4
DAY 4: It had nearly doubled in volume, and it smelled like my other counter starter. I removed half the contents and mixed ⅓ cup of unbleached bread flour and ¼ cup filtered water back into the start, covered it loosely with the lid, and placed it on the kitchen
32g White whole wheat
32g Filtered water
5
DAY 5: Today the starter was frothy; it had risen, and fallen back on itself. I fed it right away again, but with one cup (125 g) of bread flour and ½ cup (125 g) of filtered water to build volume. The float test showed that this is already viable.
125g White whole wheat flour
125% Filtered water
6
DAY 6: Today I repeated the smaller, regular feeding (⅓ cup [32 g] flour and ¼ cup [32 g] water) but this little is really growing well now and is ready to use as a counter start.
32g White whole wheat flour
32g Filtered water
7
Day 7–14 I began taking off half of the starter by weight each day and adding one cup (125 g) of white whole wheat flour and ½ cup (125 g) filtered water. The starter became very active, sweet-smelling, and was good to use
125g White whole wheat flour
125g Filtered water
Result
2 Boules, 4 Garlic Rosemary Bâtards , 4 Baguettes or Épi de Blé
1000 g while whole wheat four, with 780 g pure, filtered water, 34 g Redmond Real Salt, and 226 g active starter.
Cake
Carrot. Chocolate,
