Anyone make Sourdough Bread?

npsmama

Actually I might have some!!!
After many failed attempts I've made a starter that has risen a loaf!!
Off to see what it tastes like...

Trow

There are people offering sourdough starters in the fermented foods group - where many are getting kefir from.

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Fermented-foods-UK/

npsmama

Success!!!! :j :j

My loaf is delicious!

If anyone wants a bit of my starter just PM me and I'll sned you some.

Sazbo

npsmama wrote:

Success!!!! :j :j

My loaf is delicious!

If anyone wants a bit of my starter just PM me and I'll sned you some.

That's great news! I shudder to think how much organic flour I have wasted on all my failed attempts!! NPS I may well ask you for some starter, although I'm kinda frustrated that I've not been able to make it work myself :sad: Did you use the grapes method?

npsmama

I have a fantastic SD starter...well, actually I have about half a dozen because each time I refresh it I can't bear to throw the excess out. And as I have a fantastic recipe, we end up eating about 3kilos of bread a week so my SD baking has a fast turnover!!

Does anyone know how I can use the excess? I've given away so much my friends are bored ot it!!

Secondly, does anyone know of a good wholewheat SD recipe?

Finally, I am considering getting a grain mill. If I grind my own flour will it be wholewheat? Or can I sift it to make it white and therefore better suited to SD?

TIA!

Sazbo

Hi there. I wonder if you'd mind sharing your SD starter recipe/method? In about a year of trying I haven't made a successful starter yet. It seems to go ok for the first 2 or 3 days, then it always dies on me! :sad: I suspect it's maybe not being able to keep it at the correct temperature?

Must admit I've never seen a recipe for wholewheat SD bread, so I too would be interested to hear if there was one, altho' it's kinda irrelevant for me since I never get as far as making the actual bread!

npsmama

I can't give you a recipe for a starter as mine always failed!
In the end I bought some off a baker while on holidays in France.

As I said I have some spare and would be very happy to send you some.
Go to yahoo groups and sign up to th Fermented Foods UK group. Then look in 'database'. There's a list of folk with cultures to share. I'm npsmama. Send me a message and we can sort soemthing out.

Sazbo

npsmama wrote:

I can't give you a recipe for a starter as mine always failed!
In the end I bought some off a baker while on holidays in France.

As I said I have some spare and would be very happy to send you some.
Go to yahoo groups and sign up to th Fermented Foods UK group. Then look in 'database'. There's a list of folk with cultures to share. I'm npsmama. Send me a message and we can sort soemthing out.

Thanks, I've pm'd you
Sazx

fudgem

In my 'The New English Kitchen' cookbook the recipe for sourdough bread is to simply save a portion of dough from one of your makings, keep it in the fridge until your next session, then mix it into the new dough in place of half the yeast.

I've no idea what a sourdough starter is, but this one seems to work fine for me

rhubarbs

This is the wholewheat sd loaf I make:-

Makes 2 loaves

600g strong stoneground wholemeal flour
200g strong white
50g pinhead oatmeal
2 tsp sea salt
350ml thick sd starter
approx 370ml tepid water

Put dry ingredients in large bowl, mix then make a well in the centre.

Tip sourdough mix in

Add water, stir until gloopy.

Using hands gradually work flour into liquid

Knead dough for 10mins, then cover.

Allow dough to rise until doubled in size.

Punch down. Divide in 2 and shape.

Place on baking sheet, sprinkle with extra oatmeal. Cover and let rise until doubled in size.

Bake in hot oven 220c for 30/35mins over a roasting tin of hot water to create steam.


I haven't made this in ages, might have to get a sd starter going tomorrow... I've found that a wholemeal sourdough can take quite a long time to rise so don't start too late in the day!