Make Your Own Sourdough Starter : Capture and Harness the Wild Yeast

by Teresa L. Greenway

Learn how to make your own sourdough starter so you can bake wonderful sourdough bread that will amaze your family and friends. This little booklet explains, with easy to understand step by step instructions, how to get started, what ingredients you will need and the science behind the myths. There are formulas for different types of sourdough starters and for a motherdough pre-ferment. You will also learn what hydration means in baker's terms and how to care for your starter, feed, freeze, dry and store it. Sourdough baking is easy and fun but you need a sourdough starter first. So come on, let's get started!

Table of Contents:
Title
Introduction
How to Make Your Own Sourdough Starter
The Container
Flour
Water
Salt
How to Make a 100% Hyrdation Starter
How to Make a 166% Hydration Starter
How to Change the Hydration Level
Doubling Test
Float Test
Having Enough Starter for Your Formula
Testing Your Starter’s Cabability
Starter Variations
What Does Hydration Mean?
Taking Care of Your Starter
Freezing Your Starter
TIPS
How to Make Motherdough at 60% Hydration
About the Author

37 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 20, 2015

Reviews

[Jodie Esler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easily understood process with great explanations.

The book broke the process down into sections. It also gave variations and a lot of great reasons for why things are done.
Excellent resource.

[O · Rating 5 out of 5]

Starter sourdough

Excelente easy piece of work for anyone wanting to bake real sourdough bread. A most in any serious baker or traying to understand principles of sourdough starter cultures

[BirdieTracy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Start Up

This is a great book. Why? Because it gave a ton of information on making the starter, variations, types of ingredients and even a bit of science. The recipes were easy to understand and follow.

[Dianne Giles · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great information.

Great information helped me realize what goes into this and how long it will take. I will probably but my starter first. Maybe try after i can make good bread.