mrsbrown: (domestic goddess)
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.

[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!!