How To Use Roselle's Sourdough Starter

Congratulations! You have received my sourdough starter in the mail. Now it’s time to activate it so you can have an active and mature sourdough starter in as little as 2-3 days.

New UPDATED Instructions

Instructions:

Very easy: Mix 10g of my dehydrated sourdough starter with 10g of water, mix that up.

This hydrates the starter.

Then add 50g of water and 50g of bread flour. This is your first feeding. Mix that up.

Cover, leave alone for 2 days. Done.

It will rise and reach peak state around 48hrs. Take 100g to make sourdough bread or discard. There will be around 20g left in your jar for you to feed and carry on your starter.

OLD Instructions (works great too)

Watch this video first so you get a quick overview on what you’re going to do the next few days:

Step 1 – Day 1

Feeding #1

Put 10g of dry starter into a jar
Then add 60g of water, mix
Then add 50g bread flour, mix
Cover, mark your starting point
Let sit 1 day in a warm place

Step 2 – Day 2

Feeding #2

Add 100g of water, mix
Add 100g bread flour, mix,
Cover, mark your starting point
Let sit for 1 day in a warm place

Step 3 – Day 3

By Day 3, your starter should look like this. You can now use this as-is to make sourdough bread. But if you’re not ready, proceed with Feeding #3

Feeding #3

Take 100g of sourdough starter,
Add 100g water, mix
Add 100g flour, mix
Cover, mark your starting point
Let it sit for 1 day in a warm place
Repeat this everyday to keep alive

ATTENTION

Generally, we use our starter after the 10th feeding, but it can be used as early as Feeding 2-4, as long as it’s doubling and falling consistently.

Sourdough Starters 101

Now that you have your copy of my sourdough starter, here are some very helpful links I recommend you go through:

How To Feed Your Starter

How To Use Your Starter In Recipes

Where To Keep Your Starter

How To Keep Your Starter Alive

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