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mrsbrown ([personal profile] mrsbrown) wrote2012-04-18 09:45 pm
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Sourdough is awesome

I prefer to eat sourdough bread. The sort that's firm and chewy. So when we got back from Festival I decided to keep my sourdough starter going and make bread rolls for lunch each day.

OMG! Sourdough breadmaking is so easy now I understand it!

Each evening I pour the starter into a bowl with 2 cups of flour, half a cup of water, a bit of salt and some quick oats (not keen on just white bread, but I haven't bought any rye yet). I knead it for about 2 minutes and, because the starter is already glutenised, the bread is then ready to form into rolls. I form rolls and put the tray into the oven to rise.

I then put a cup of flour and a cup of water into my starter jar and leave it on the bench until the next night.

In the morning I turn on the oven as I head to the shower and 25 minutes later the rolls are ready to go into the cloth sack I have for carrying hot roll to work. The rest are left on the table for the others to use for lunch. I'm only making 6 rolls.

If anyone would like some of my starter, I'm happy to share.
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[personal profile] sjkasabi 2012-04-19 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
I might almost be ready to cope with that level of extra Stuff To Do now. Or as soon as this stupid sinus infection is really gone, anyway. I could certainly do with a fresh wholemeal roll for lunch each day :)

[identity profile] villana.livejournal.com 2012-04-19 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
Wow! That is easy.

So how does one create a starter? (curious but unlikely to do so in my solo abode)
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[personal profile] sacredchao 2012-04-19 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
I adore sourdough and would love to make it. (hell, I bought a book recently with that very aim) The kicker is that I don't want to eat anything like that amount of bread. I'd be lucky to bake once a week and I wonder whether a starter would put up with usage that infrequent. A thing to look at I guess.

[personal profile] alexbayleaf 2012-04-19 08:54 am (UTC)(link)
I would love some starter! But I have the same question as [personal profile] sacredchao... how would it deal with being done once or twice a week, vs daily? I have heard you can keep the starter in the fridge for up to a couple of weeks. Is that right?

[identity profile] villana.livejournal.com 2012-04-19 11:26 am (UTC)(link)
So weird, The River Cottage cooking show guy was teaching people to do this tonight on TV!!