Feeding Sourdough Starter Recipe

Bread Sourdough

Serves

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Prep Time

1 Minute

Cook Time

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Here is everything you need to know on feeding your Sourdough Starter.

Our sourdough bread recipe requires 300g of Sourdough Starter.

Know the capacity of your container so you can weigh the Sourdough Starter without creating washing up. Our sourdough starter kilner jars hold a max volume of 500g. When building your starter it is a good idea to transfer to a bigger jar as you can expect your active starter to double in volume.

Ideally you should always retain at least a quarter of your Sourdough Starter so you don’t dilute it’s flavour or performance.

Feed your Sourdough Starter more if you wish to bake more bread or create more sourdough culture to share. This will momentarily dilute the flavour.

Sourdough culture often separates after a day or two. Just stir the grey water back in when you feed it.

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Ingredients

75 g sourdough starter
75 g flour
75g cold water

Kit

Sourdough Starter

Method

Start with 75g of Sourdough Starter remaining; having just mixed a batch of dough
Feed the culture 75g flour and 75g cold water, mix
Refrigerate until the day you want to bake
On your baking day remove the sourdough from the fridge and feed it again as above
It will now weigh 375g, the target weight for the process; 300g for the recipe, 75g remaining
Now you can use it to make your sourdough bread