How to make a Wheat Sourdough Starter

DAY 14

WHEAT SOURDOUGH STARTER RECIPE

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LETS BAKE A SOURDOUGH BOULE

(ROUND LOAF)

If you don’t want to bake your 1st loaf of sourdough today NO WORRIES! Check out the timeline for baking your 1st loaf below & plan accordingly. Continue to feed your starter at room temperature if you think you’ll bake within the next day or two. You can feed 1:2:2 or 1:5:5 or even 1:10:10 starter to feed ratio (depending on when you want to bake) and when it peaks, begin the process!

STARTER READINESS CHECKLIST

Follow this checklist to make sure your starter that we fed 1:5:5 ratio last night is now ready to mix your 1st leaven today! See the video below for all of the details!

Once your starter is at its PEAK ACTIVITY, like we reviewed last night…then it’s time to mix our leaven & replenish our starters to prepare them to go into the refrigerator!

SUMMARY – REPLENISH & REFRIGERATE YOUR STARTER

Time to mix our LEAVEN (aka preferment). Once your starter (fed last night) has reached its PEAK RISE, mix your leaven & let it do its magic! It will take a good 2-4 hours (more or less depending on the temp of the environment) for the leaven to reach its PEAK and be ready to mix your dough!

HOW MUCH TIME WILL IT TAKE BEFORE I CAN BAKE?

1. Temperature of your starters environment? WARMER = LESS TIME, COLDER = MORE TIME
2. How has your starter been responding to the previous feeds & ratios? This will give you a hint to how long it will take your leaven to reach its peak rise. The leaven is 1/2 starter : 1/2 feed so it will reach its peak quicker than our feeds that were 1:1:1 ratio!
3. What is your starters appearance? Hooch present? Rise? Surface appearance? Bubbles?

SUMMARY (LEAVEN)

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How to make a Sourdough Starter (All-Purpose Flour)

In this series I hope to impart the knowledge necessary to give you all the tools you’ll ever need to make incredible sourdough intuitively! Whether your gluten-free or not! This incredibly easy to follow video series is a daily follow along that will show you how to make a gluten free sourdough starter from scratch! I'll also show you how to make a wheat sourdough starter from scratch! With this starter, you can create all sorts of incredible sourdough bakes that are vegan (no eggs, no dairy), allergen-friendly, refined sugar-free, oat-free, gum-free, soy-free, and nut-free! Please follow along with me as I share with you my intuitive approach to building & maintaining a sourdough starter, whether it's gluten free or not!

Total Time14 days d

Course: Baking, Fermented Foods, Sourdough, Vegetarian

Cuisine: ANY, Canadian

Diet: Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian

Keyword: Fermented Foods, How To Gluten-Free Series, how to make a sourdough starter, How to make a sourdough starter gluten free, sourdough cultures, Sourdough Recipe, Sourdough Starter Recipe

Dietary Needs: Corn Free, Dairy Free, Egg Free, Nut Free, Rice Free, Soy Free, Vegan

Seasonal: All Seasons

How to Guide: How to Food Guides, How to Sourdough

Author: Trish

Cost: $5-20

Equipment

• 2 Glass Jars (I use Bernardin 750mL Mason Jars)
• 2 Lids for Glass Jars (I use Ball spill proof lids)
• 1 Piece of cloth
• 2 Elastic bands (or can use tape)
• 1 Kitchen Scale (I love my mini digital scale from Lee Valley)
• 1 Wooden spoon or Chopstick (or non-reactive metal spoon)

Materials

• 600-1000 9 All-Purpose Flour (optional to use 1/2 rye or whole wheat flour)
• Water (either filtered or rested on countertop)
• 120 mL Pineapple Juice (make sure it's pure with no additives)
• 1 Glass writing pen (optional – can use tape with regular pen)
• 1 Notebook

Instructions

DAY 1 – AM

• Mix 30g all-purpose flour + 15g pineapple juice + 15g water

DAY 1 – PM

• Add 30g all-purpose flour + 15g pineapple juice + 15g water

DAY 2 – AM

• Simply mix your starter

DAY 2 – PM

• Simply mix your starter

DAY 3 – AM

• Simply mix your starter

DAY 3 – PM

• Mix. Discard 1/2 & keep 60g. Feed 40g flour, 20g pineapple juice, 20g water. Mix.

DAY 4 – AM

• Simply mix your starter

DAY 4 – PM

• Mix. Discard all but 30g (keep 30g). Feed 50g flour, 25g pineapple juice, 25g water. Mix.

DAY 5 – AM

• Mix. Discard all but 30g (keep 30g). Feed 50g flour, 50g water. Mix. Can now use the discard to bake!

DAY 5 – PM

• Mix. Discard all but 30g (keep 30g). Feed 50g flour, 50g water. Mix. Make some pancakes tomorrow with your discard!

DAY 6 – AM

• Mix. Discard all but 35g (keep 35g). Feed 50g flour, 50g water. Mix. If it's not cold where you live, discard all but 30g.

DAY 6 – PM

• Mix. Discard all but 30g (keep 30g). Feed 50g flour, 50g water. Mix.

DAY 7 – AM

• If your starter is very active (as per video) – Mix. Discard all but 30g (keep 30g). Feed 50-60g flour, 50-60g water. Mix.

  If your starter is lagging (as per video) – Mix. Discard all but 60g (keep 60g). Feed 60g flour, 56g water. Mix.

DAY 7 – PM

• ACTIVE STARTER?

  If your starter is very active (as per video) – increase Feed : Starter ratio.

  Mix. Discard all but 30g (keep 30g). Feed 50g flour, 50g water. Mix.

  SLOW STARTER?

  If your starter is lagging (as per video) – Try bumping the ratio back again to 1 : 1 (Feed : Starter)

  Mix. Discard all but 60g (keep 60g). Feed 60g flour, 60g water. Mix.

DAY 8 – AM

• ACTIVE STARTER?

  If your starter is very active (as per video) – increase Feed : Starter ratio.

  Mix. Discard all but 30g (keep 30g). Feed 50g flour, 50g water. Mix.

  SLOW STARTER?

  If your starter is lagging (as per video) – could be hungry! Slightly increase ratio Feed : Starter (4 : 3)

  Mix. Discard all but 60g (keep 60g). Feed 80g flour, 80g water. Mix.

DAY 8 – PM

• same as Day 8 – AM

DAY 9 – 14

• Mix. Discard all but 30g (keep 30g). Feed 50g flour, 50g water. Mix.

IN A HURRY DAY (see Day 10 evening video)

• If you are having a crazy day & can't find the time to feed your starter, follow these instructions.

  Discard all but 30g. Feed 100g flour, 100g water. Mix. No need to feed for 24 hours or until reaches peak rise again.

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Notes

• This is a video series. These written instructions are meant only to be an adjunct to the daily videos.

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