Sourdough ... your experience and tips please
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my partner used to say that he didn't like sourdough (like he didn't used to like a few other things he now loves) but the lack of yeast a few months back forced him into using it and now he's a convert. he still uses yeast every so often - when some of the dehydrated stuff wouldn't get enough time to be activated.
ours isn't overly 'sour' and the crust can be varied to be less hard and thick with less time/heat work.
for some (just look at some of the dedicated sourdough groups online and on facebook) the aim is to have massive holes and thick crust with as much opening and crusting of slashes as possible. i think i prefer my sandwich filling to stay between the bread rather than filling the holes or dropping through.
ours isn't overly 'sour' and the crust can be varied to be less hard and thick with less time/heat work.
for some (just look at some of the dedicated sourdough groups online and on facebook) the aim is to have massive holes and thick crust with as much opening and crusting of slashes as possible. i think i prefer my sandwich filling to stay between the bread rather than filling the holes or dropping through.
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PatsyMFagan wrote:After much deliberation, I have decided to 'come out' and say that I seem to be the only person I know who just doesn't 'get' Sourdough . Of course this might be that I think I have only eaten home made stuff once, but I really haven't liked any shop bought stuff. I find my gums are always sore from where the hard crusts seem to scratch (and I have very healthy gums ) and the rest is quite chewy. I don't even much like the taste.
I will just stick to my own home-made bread I think - various degrees of wholemeal
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I’m with you patsy , I don’t like the tanginess of the taste either . Heathens we are !!
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Amyw wrote:I’m with you patsy , I don’t like the tanginess of the taste either . Heathens we are !!
Thirded (and fourthed if hubby can be counted in).
Like you, I thought it was just us.
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I don’t care for it much. It breaks your teeth and doesn’t keep well.
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I think we should start a support group
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Pepper Pig wrote:I don’t care for it much. It breaks your teeth and doesn’t keep well.
I agree about how it breaks your teeth, PP! But OH got some last week at Waitrose rtc when he went to get the Sunday paper and wanted to make up the £10, and it was fine! Because it was prepacked the crust wasn't as tough as it can be. It toasted well.
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I'm afraid I'm not joining your support group Pat! I love toasted sourdough bread. Waitrose has excellent sourdough bread and also Booths in the north west. I did once go through the whole process of making sourdough bread. Gill very kindly sent me the "mother" to use. Dan Lepard came on the board and said how well it had turned out. I had used one of his recipes for Potato and Old English Ale sourdough bread. In some supermarkets, so called sourdough bread has added yeast which isn't as good.
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My sourdough doesn’t taste really ‘sour’ ... I think a lot of bought sourdough is made using a Californian style starter with a strong flavour ... the starter I use came from the Lake District and has a much milder flavour ... not all sourdoughs are the same.
And mine doesn’t have a thick hard crust ... it’s thin and crisp hasn’t broken my teeth or scraped my gums ... and yes, it makes amazing toast
And mine doesn’t have a thick hard crust ... it’s thin and crisp hasn’t broken my teeth or scraped my gums ... and yes, it makes amazing toast
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Suffs wrote:My sourdough doesn’t taste really ‘sour’ ... I think a lot of bought sourdough is made using a Californian style starter with a strong flavour ... the starter I use came from the Lake District and has a much milder flavour ... not all sourdoughs are the same.
And mine doesn’t have a thick hard crust ... it’s thin and crisp hasn’t broken my teeth or scraped my gums ... and yes, it makes amazing toast
I think I need to pop up and sample yours then Suffs
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I'm with Scully on the holes thing, and I don't like the really dark thick crust or the very sour taste.
Your loaf sounds good Suffs.......as long as it doesn't have big holes .
Your loaf sounds good Suffs.......as long as it doesn't have big holes .
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I have made my own sourdough starters in the past. It is such a fascinating process and takes no more than a few minutes each day.
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Not many holes ... just a few and not very big
The marmalade stays on the toast.
The marmalade stays on the toast.
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my partner had an interesting experience with the starter last night. he had put some into a bowl with water to mix it as normal, before adding in flour etc but instead of just becoming a homogenous liquid it produced a lump of gluten in cloudy water. he took out the lump and mixed flour into the remaining liquid.
interestingly that batch has risen slightly more than the second batch, also made last night from the same starter and with the same weights of flour and water.
interestingly that batch has risen slightly more than the second batch, also made last night from the same starter and with the same weights of flour and water.
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Has anyone's starter grown to these proportions yet https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/ ... cab96b1e5c
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My broom's 100 years old ..... but no, not quite those proportions, Pampy
Mine got to 10years old quite happily.
Until Tony threw the sluggish but perfectly fine contents in the fridge one day. Easy enough to make again, and it was always well colonized, hence why I could leave it for a long time untouched.
Could have sworn I had a backup in the freezer, but there was none.
Mine got to 10years old quite happily.
Until Tony threw the sluggish but perfectly fine contents in the fridge one day. Easy enough to make again, and it was always well colonized, hence why I could leave it for a long time untouched.
Could have sworn I had a backup in the freezer, but there was none.
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Mine usually spends a couple of days a week in the fridge ... coming out the day before I'll need it, to be placed next to a hot water pipe in the corner of the kitchen and be given a tablespoon of flour and and the same of tepid water. By the next morning it's raring to go again ...
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