Sourdough starter

Name: Sourdough starter
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients: 625 ml rye flour, divided in 125 ml parts; 312,5 ml water, divided in 62,5 ml parts

Sean Strydom @Sean_Strydom

Port Elizabeth

Wheat-free Sourdough starter

Sean Strydom @Sean_Strydom

Port Elizabeth

Wheat-free Sourdough starter

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Ingredients

625 mlrye flour, divided in 125 ml parts
312,5 mlwater, divided in 62,5 ml parts

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Steps

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Day 1: Mix 125 ml flour and 62,5 ml water in a glass jar to form smooth dough. Cover, but not airtight, and leave in a warm place for fermentation to start.
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Day 2: Check to see if any bubbles are forming.
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Day 3: Remove half of the fermenting dough from the jar. Add 125 ml flour and 62,5 ml water to the jar and mix to form smooth dough. Cover, but not airtight, and leave in a warm place for fermentation to continue.
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Day 4: Remove half of the fermenting dough from the jar. Add 125 ml flour and 62,5 ml water to the jar and mix to form smooth dough. Cover, but not airtight, and leave in a warm place for fermentation to continue.
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Day 5: Remove half of the fermenting dough from the jar. Add 125 ml flour and 62,5 ml water to the jar and mix to form smooth dough. Cover, but not airtight, and leave in a warm place for fermentation to continue.
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Day 6: Remove half of the fermenting dough from the jar. Add 125 ml flour and 62,5 ml water to the jar and mix to form smooth dough. Cover, but not airtight, and leave in a warm place for fermentation to continue.
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Repeat Day 6 procedure until the Sourdough is smelling warm, comforting and rich with a spongey consistency. As long as the Sourdough has a sour smell and a gooey consistency, continue the process.
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Day 7: Remove half of the fermenting dough from the jar. Add 125 ml flour and 62,5 ml water to the jar and mix to form smooth dough. Transfer your Sourdough to a clean jar and give it a name.
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The half of the Sourdough that was removed in step 7 can be used in making Sourdough bread or can be discarded.
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Place named Sourdough in a closed jar in the refrigerator, use and and feed as required