Are you thinking about making your own sourdough bread? If this idea sounds intimidating, we’re here to help you break it down and make your own bread in no time. The part that sounds the most complicated is making your own bread starter, but you’ll see that it’s actually not something you should be worried about.
The best thing is that you only need two ingredients and that you already have them at home. Sourdough starter is a live culture that you make using flour and water. The key ingredient is time, but that doesn’t mean that you need to work hard on it. It only requires five minutes of your time every day and you can have a ready culture in a week.
What should you do? Use a digital scale to measure 150 grams of flour and 150 grams of warm water. Mix them in a mason jar and leave it for an hour, then cover with a cloth and cover loosely.
24 hours later, you’ll need to feed your starter, but first, discard the most of it until you’re left with only 80 grams. Now add 100 grams of water and 100 grams of flour to it and mix again.
Repeat these steps in the next two-five days. After five to seven days since your first started, you’ll notice your starter becoming bubbly and gooey and developing a characteristic smell. This means it’s ready to be used.
All you need to do next is “feed” your starter with equal amounts of flour and water once per week. Store it in the fridge in the meantime. Instead of discarding some of it, use it to bake delicious sourdough breads and pastry!
