But I'm excited by it!
For the sourdough starter I did the following:
Day 1: 1/4 cup of water and 1/4 cup of flour into a clean jar. I did not secure a lid to it at all.
Day 2: Add 1/4 cup of water and 1/4 cup of flour to the previous days mixture
Day 3: Add 1/4 cup of water and 1/4 cup of flour to the previous days mixture
Day 4: Add 1/4 cup of water and 1/4 cup of flour to the previous days mixture
Day 5: Add 1/4 cup of water and 1/4 cup of flour to the previous days mixture
Day 6: Add 1/4 cup of water and 1/4 cup of flour to the previous days mixture
Day 7: Discard all but 1/4 cup of mixture and feed 2/3 cup of flour and 2/3 cup of water to starter and stir well.
So yesterday was day 7. I discarded the mixture and fed it in the morning and then last night I made the dough.
And I woke this morning to find that it did actually rise!
I was planning on baking it in a cast iron pot, but B has been complaining about the bread not being the 'right' shape...
So this is how it looked when I put it in the bread tin before it's second rising time.
And this is how it looked fresh out of the oven.
And it tastes amazing, if I do say so myself!
I used this recipe from The Stone Soup. After I made my dough, I fed the starter again with 2/3 cup of flour and 2/3 cup of water to beef it up for my next loaf. From now on I will just be feeding it with 1/4 cup of both water and flour daily. We are going away soon too, so when we do I will just be refrigerating it so that it doesn't die while I'm not feeding it.
Along with The Stone Soup, I used this post from Inner Pickle when I was starting out with my starter.
And here is a pic of my starter today-
Are you a fan of Sourdough? Does the thought of making it yourself scare you?
It did scare me up until this morning, now that I've actually done it, I can't wait to do it all again.
