Wednesday 5 August 2015

1st attempt at baking sourdough

My first attempt:


Used my bread maker on dough only setting. Made a receipe like french bread except I substituted 1/2 cup of  water for 1/2 cup sourdough starter.

result- looked good

taste- NOT SOUR, TASTED LIKE FRENCH BREAD!

Dissapointed in the flavour. Did more reading. Need to go for a slow rise to develop the sour flavour. The concern I have about using my breadmaker is the metal container. I have read sourdough should not be put in a metal container to rise. That is why I still used yeast as well as sourdough starter. The bread rose so fast once I shaped it into the loaves. They doubled in size in half an hour.


I will try again, next time without the bread maker.

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