Hi Sheryl!
Baking Bread is some culinary adventure! I bake mine every second day.
I am sure you will find many recipes.
He is the recipe for the starter because I do not use yeast.
I have many reason to bake with starter AT HOME.
So, for your record here is the starter recipe
Recipe for starter.
Place in bowl 150gr of flour for bread and add some (let's say 1/2 of cup ) of hot water. Work with your hands softly until you get a soft dough.
Make a ball out of this dough grease it with OLIVE OIL and leave in this bowl covered by a towel.
Make sure that your ball stays away from airstreams or chill.
As for the greasing you can put some olive oil in your palms rub each other and "caress" the dough!
Next day add to this dough some flour ( as much as you can get in your palm) add the same 1/2 cup of water and work the dough for a while.
Grease it again with olive oil and leave it for another day.
Third day you repeat the same process.
Fourth day it will be ready
To be certain that you have a starter, the fourth day must be fluffy and if you cut a piece with your finger the dough must be filled with many air bubbles.
Those air bubbles are your "yeast"
I suggest you to leave it for another couple of days to let it "mature" as we say.
How to bake with starter.
When you have decided on the quantity of flour you want to use , take the 1/3 of this quantity and add it to your starter.
Add slowly slowly some lukewarm water and start kneadding it
Grease the surface of your dough, cover it with a towel and leave it there for 10-12 hours.
After 10 hours your dough must be double in quantity.
Then you add the rest of the flour , add the needed salt and start kneading until you have an elastic dough.
If at the beginning is very sticky, don't panic and don't add more flour!!! Have some patience and work it for a while
Bread with starter much be baked in a medium oven.
In order to be certain that it's done, remove it from the oven and hit it a cuple of times underneath. If it makes an echo it's done
REMEMBER to keep some starter for the next time.
It can be kept in fridge for 5-6 days
Baking with starter has nothing but for.
The only against thing is the time you need.
But everything that worths the pain needs time anyway
:chef:
