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comment by Cumol
Cumol  ·  1710 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Bake away! bakes away! break away on the baker's way!

Do you have any tips for sourdough? A recipe?

My roommate tried 3 times and ended up with a complete sour mess...





ThurberMingus  ·  1710 days ago  ·  link  ·  

One non-intuitive thing with sourdough -- more starter usually means less sour bread.

The yeast grows more quickly than the lactobacillus which makes it sour. So if grow up a larger amount of starter and use twice as much starter, and adjust down the flour&water to compensate, the bread will rise faster, the lactobacillus will have less time to do their thing, and the bread will have a milder taste.

demure  ·  1709 days ago  ·  link  ·  

If there's a clear liquid on top of the starter before feeding it, skim it off before beginning the feed/discard process.

Also, leaving it to feed for too long with not enough fresh food will cause it to be more sour--feed more often to reduce sour taste