Answer by Kerry Nitz for Not feeding sourdough starter enough?
I used to use most of my starter with my weekly bake, then progressively double the starter each day from a very small base until my next bake - no discarding means no waste! I usually knew if my...
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My early sourdough loaves looked like that. Now they are less flat and have defined hikes through the crumb rather than a great interlinked cavern. The things that changed: my starter became more...
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If you are feeding your starter by discarding half of it then adding 40g each of water and flour, then you are feeding it in a 2:1:1 ratio. To see why, do a thought experiment: You start with some...
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I'm new to the whole baking thing, so I'm learning as I go along. In that regard, there may be a host of things wrong with my bread baking process, but I'm mostly curious at this point about my...
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