Breadmaking - making a starter

milliemonster

Hi

I am trying unsuccessfully to make a starter for a sourdough bread I want to try. The recipe states 1tsp active dried yeast, 175ml lukewarm water and 50g flour, mix it all together and let it rise for 24hrs, it also says that this will make 750ml??????, now I made this yesterday but it has made approx 200ml, I don't understand how this amount can ever possibly make 750ml.

I am using the correct yeast that is well dated (I only bought it a couple of weeks ago), and the water was the correct temp, can anyone see what I am doing wrong or is the recipe wrong?

milliemonster

oops, I meant to post this in OS board, please could someone move it for me!, sorry!

Penelope_Penguin

Done for you

thriftlady_2

I've no experience of making sour dough bread but all the recipes I have seen have no yeast in them. The idea of the starter is that you cultivate the wild yeasts in the atmosphere. I'm very surprised to see your recipe requires yeast. Have you tried googling for different methods? Or youtube?

Penelope_Penguin

milliemonster wrote: »

Hi

I am trying unsuccessfully to make a starter for a sourdough bread I want to try. The recipe states 1tsp active dried yeast, 175ml lukewarm water and 50g flour, mix it all together and let it rise for 24hrs, it also says that this will make 750ml??????, now I made this yesterday but it has made approx 200ml, I don't understand how this amount can ever possibly make 750ml.

I am using the correct yeast that is well dated (I only bought it a couple of weeks ago), and the water was the correct temp, can anyone see what I am doing wrong or is the recipe wrong?

To make 750ml will require changing the laws of physics, and we canna' do that

Try this - Anyone make sourdough bread? There's a good recipe at post 9 I'll merge this later.

Penny. x

craftynutters

this may help
http://www.io.com/~sjohn/sour.htm