Sourdough is naturally leavened bread and in this episode we hope to teach you a little bit about what’s worked for us starting sourdough and we hope this episode leaves you feeling like sourdough is achievable and fun.
Sourdough starters are created by combining even parts flour and liquid (water or milk), discarding half of the mixture the following day, feeding 50% liquid, 50% flour, and repeating several days until the mixture is rising and falling predictably and smells like something you’d want to eat. Refer to this blog post for more great info about starters. https://thedomesticwildflower.com/4-types-of-sourdough-starter/
An instagram account that I learned a lot from is @simplylifebykels and I highly recommend her ebook. She gave me a lot of great ideas for making sourdough fit into my life. This is her website: http://www.simplelifebykels.com/
Anna and I love how sourdough is a natural counterpoint to canning and is the winter’s answer to the busy canning season.
We love The Bread Bible and Tartine and recommend them to beginners as well as Sourdough Biscuits and Pioneer Pie which will give lots of discard recipes and history around sourdough in the west.
I recommend baking sourdough discard recipes and learning to love that extra tang.
I loved this recipe for sourdough cheese scones:https://bakingwithbutter.com/sourdough-cheese-scones/
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