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Sourdough Starter Library

Whether you are creating a sourdough starter from scratch, ( instructions below) or looking at maintaining and optimising your starter, we cover the key points:

  • These videos are centred around our most asked questions: 'how to make a Sourdough starter' and 'what to do with a sourdough starter'.
  • In this category we have many easy to follow video tutorials covering how to make a sourdough starter from scratch, understanding your sourdough starter and important starter maintenance advice.
  • It is important to note that the refreshment schedule changes once you have created your starter to maintenance.
  • You can even convert your sourdough starter depending on your recipe or preferred flour types. We will also teach you how changing the flour will affect the rate of fermentation and flavours.

What you will learn

Sourdough starters are really the key to everything we do here at the sourdough club. Once a starter is created, and when you start baking boules and baguettes then you will use a portion is used to create a leaven ( These are for more advanced bakes.)

The sourdough starter is absolutely crucial to the fermentation process, and our comprehensive videos in the library below demystify this process into easy to follow instructions.

We look at types of starters, how to refresh your starter, starter maintenance as well as recognising and correcting mistakes.

 

What to do when your Sourdough Starter Kit arrives

bubbles in sourdough starter

How to recognise if a sourdough starter is ready to use?

How to refresh a white sourdough starter (roller-milled flour)

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Have I killed my sourdough Starter?

Dried sourdough starter

Task: Using Dried Sourdough Starter

Why is a spelt starter trickier to get right?

Transform your starter into a sweet chocolate starter

Rye for amazing flavour & optimal nutrition & Sourness choose a rye starter

The worthwhile challenge of the wholemeal sourdough starter

Things will go wrong….it is how you learn…lessons in troubleshooting sourdough starters

What To Make Or Bake With Leftover Sourdough Starter…

Why do you need a special starter for sweet sourdough baking?

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