Sourdough starter

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Flared Hicks said:
I’ve looked into it a couple of times but never got round to it.

Think I’ll start a ginger beer plant off and see how I get on with it then might move on to a sourdough starter.
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I’ve got one on the go but I don’t know what I’m supposed to be looking for TBH.
 
taipeisafc said:
My wife has done a few different ones, I will ask her when I get home and post on here. The bread she made with the sourdough starter was really good
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Is it possible to get the wrong kind of yeast as it were?
 
Sussex By The Sea said:
Weird, I was looking into this yesterday.

You have to feed it regularly apparently, and when it starts to bubble after a few hours of it's last feed it's ready.

Be interested to see how yours gets on

How To Make Sourdough Bread
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Aye. That’s what made me laugh from that Anthony Bourdain book: his marra who was obsessed with bread making and was constantly banging on about feeding his starter. Sure he had it on the go for years.
 
Maxnormal said:
Aye. That’s what made me laugh from that Anthony Bourdain book: his marra who was obsessed with bread making and was constantly banging on about feeding his starter. Sure he had it on the go for years.
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They do. The hipsters like to get their sourdough starters from the likes of a 20 year old one which started in San Francisco. It’s like getting a pedigree dog with Kennel Club registration when you’re in the right sourdough circles :lol:
 
janiep said:
Is it possible to get the wrong kind of yeast as it were?
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My wife has tried a few different with varying efforts sometimes they have failed but she has had a fairly good success rate. She reckons the easiest one is the one from “The Bread Ahead“ cookbook but the one from Paul Hollywood’s book is good too. I think she has made both and made 4 or 5 starters and only one failed - I don’t think you can get the wrong type of yeast on but they can get contaminated and die off. PM me if you want recipes sending
 
Flared Hicks said:
They do. The hipsters like to get their sourdough starters from the likes of a 20 year old one which started in San Francisco. It’s like getting a pedigree dog with Kennel Club registration when you’re in the right sourdough circles :lol:
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It's a bit of a pointless exercise though as the starter will soon change to its surroundings/ atmoshere that it lives in.

I've been toying with the idea of making a starts and some sourdough but just haven't motivated myself to do it yet.
 
Skrabble said:
It's a bit of a pointless exercise though as the starter will soon change to its surroundings/ atmoshere that it lives in.

I've been toying with the idea of making a starts and some sourdough but just haven't motivated myself to do it yet.
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Yeah I’m in much the same boat.

Franco Manca do some cracking sourdough pizzas down in that London and sell off starter kits which I’ve been close on buying a couple of times when I was down there.
 

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