Made me some sourdough starter a few weeks ago. Used some whole wheat and rye flour that has been in my freezer for years. I did not think it would actually work since most references advised using fresher flour but decided to give it a try.
I combined some of the two flours together then let the flours warm to room temp. Used equal amounts by weight of the flour and dechlorinated tap water that was warmed to around 110°F/43°C and mixed them together in a quart canning jar, covered the mouth of the jar with some cheese cloth and waited. Each day for five days I would remove about half of the mixture in the jar and feed it with more warm water and flour. At the end of the five days had some good sourdough starter.
All that was used was flour, water, and natural yeast from the environment.
The tap water was dechlorinated by boiling for 20 minutes. The boiling reduces the volume by half so that needs to be in the planning. I boiled enough to fill a storage jar so it will be on hand as needed.
I have already made some bread and dinner rolls using the starter. Ingredients for the bread: unbleached general purpose flour, sourdough starter, water, salt. Just those four ingredients.
The dough for the dinner rolls had some unsalted butter and brown sugar added. Gonna leave out the brown sugar next time I make the dinner rolls.
:)
I combined some of the two flours together then let the flours warm to room temp. Used equal amounts by weight of the flour and dechlorinated tap water that was warmed to around 110°F/43°C and mixed them together in a quart canning jar, covered the mouth of the jar with some cheese cloth and waited. Each day for five days I would remove about half of the mixture in the jar and feed it with more warm water and flour. At the end of the five days had some good sourdough starter.
All that was used was flour, water, and natural yeast from the environment.
The tap water was dechlorinated by boiling for 20 minutes. The boiling reduces the volume by half so that needs to be in the planning. I boiled enough to fill a storage jar so it will be on hand as needed.
I have already made some bread and dinner rolls using the starter. Ingredients for the bread: unbleached general purpose flour, sourdough starter, water, salt. Just those four ingredients.
The dough for the dinner rolls had some unsalted butter and brown sugar added. Gonna leave out the brown sugar next time I make the dinner rolls.
:)
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