This month, for fun, I will be growing a sourdough starter. The Koo family loves sourdough bread. I used to have this starter my friend gave me but I somehow killed it. So, this time, I'm gonna grow it. Ha! :)
I found this recipe on a website and I am going to follow each day to the T. I hope you will join me! I will come back and post on how mine is growing each day. Let me know how yours turns out. :D
Here's the sourdough starter website:
DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 3
DAY 4
DAY 5
DAY 6 n 7
HAVE FUN!
Jo Jo
My Day 1 - Sept 21 PM
Told you I'd be back! Here is my little photo-biography taken in my Domestic Affairs Cubicle (kitchen) from tonight:
Got all my stuff ready: 6 pint jar, cheesecloth, whole wheat flour, rubber band, water
Put 2 cups of flour in the jar
Stirred in approximately 3 cups of filtered water and mixed till consistency is soupy
Put cheesecloth on the top and rubber band at the mouth
THE END! :-) Easy Schmeasy. Not too bad.
My Day 2 - Sept 23 AM
I forgot to take a picture of my separated mixture but here's the jar after I poured out the liquid
I put the stuff in a clean jar
Added a cup of flour
Added a cup of cold water (the website said cold so I actually got fridge water)
Stirred it in
Replace the cheesecloth and put it in a warm place!
THAT'S IT! Piece a cake! Only difference I see in mine and on the website is mine has already filled half the jar. Hers looked like just 1/3 of the jar. We'll see what happens!
MY DAY 3 - Sept 24 AM
Can't believe it's day 3 already!! We are half way done.
I poured out the abscess and poured the good stuff in a new jar.
Stirred in 1 cup flour and 1 cup cold water.
I replaced the cheesecloth and put it right next to my Scoby/Kombucha. :)
I CAN'T WAIT to bake with my very own sourdough!!! By the way, I already picked out next month's challenge. We are going to be making Balsamic Vinegar Pearls!!! Watch this video.
My Day 4 - Sept 25 AM
Seriously, I did the same thing today again. Only thing I did differently is I put my sourdough in a much warmer place. We'll see if it makes a difference!
Did you check out the Balsamic Vinegar Pearls we are going to make next month?? Video is at the end of Day 3. Who's with me? :-)
My Day 5- Sept 26 AM
Look at my bubbles!! yay!
looks a bit frothy. i did not pour this stuff out. i just mixed it in. I also switched my sourdough to a bowl.
it smells sweetly sour today. i mixed in my 1 cup flour and 1/2 cup water today. the website says that if you want your sourdough sour, make it soupy, if you don't, then make it thick.
cheesecloth on top. VOILA!
END DAY 5!!! 3 days before I can make sourdough bread and other yummy food!!!!
My Day 6, 7 - Sept 27, 28 AM
I had family coming in town so I did not have time to do pics. all I did was repeat the process! It smells so good. The website says it starts to smell bad like vomit. Mine does NOT smell like that. It smells sweetly sour. :) I think I am going to continue feeding my starter until I feel it's ready for cooking. I have read some articles that says to let sourdough sit for at least 2 weeks before using it. So... maybe I will play it by ear.
My Day 8 - Sept 29 AM
This is my bubbly sourdough!!! For the past week, it has always smelled sweetly sour. This morning when I took a whiff, I was gonna puke!!! It FINALLY smells like what it's supposed to!!! Like VOMIT! hahaha
I repeated the same step but 1.5 cups of water to it cuz I wanted it to be a little more soupy. I can't wait to make bread and pizza dough and all sorts of stuff!!!! :) YAY!
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