How to Make a Sourdough Starter

Name: How to Make a Sourdough Starter
Total time: 168 h
Ingredients: 1 cup buttermilk; 1 dash filtered water; 2-3 TBSP flour (white or rye flour); 1/2 tsp caraway seeds, optional

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Total: 10080 minutes

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Author : Anja | Our Gabled Home

Ingredients

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1 cup buttermilk1 dash filtered water2-3 TBSP flour (white or rye flour)1/2 tsp caraway seeds, optional

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Instructions

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Step 1

Combine buttermilk, water, flour, and caraway seeds in a glass jar (or in another non-reactive container.

Step 2

Adjust the ingredients so that your starter has a thick pancake batter-like consistency. Stir vigorously.

Step 3

Lightly cover and leave in warm, undisturbed spot. Check every day for progress. You can also stir it.

Step 4

Depending on the environment (temperature, moisture, wild yeasts), this can take about 5-10 days.

Step 5

Your sourdough starter is ripe when it has a pleasant sour smell and is bubbly and foamy. You can also drop a bit in some water: if it floats, it's ripe, if it sinks, it needs a few more days.