Restarted from frozen powder just to watch it go.
It's awesome. I have a lot of cultures collected over the years and none of them are like this.
Goes like this:
* 1 teaspoon frozen powder into 1 cup thick slurry kept at 95℉
* eight hours elapses.
* 1/2 removed, re-fed fresh flour/water slurry to 1 cup
* eight hours elapses. It foams to the top indicating full on fierce activity
* re-feed slurry 1 cup, now it's two cups in a larger jar
* 4 hours elapses. It foams to the top of the jar indicating its speed is much faster than other cultures.
* re-fed more water and flour and salt to form bread dough, kneaded, formed into a loaf
* rises within a few hours, either bake or ferment to develop sour taste.
Pint jar, the starter foams to the top within just 4 hours after the second feeding from frozen powder.
2 cups of starter, 1 cup rejuvenated and fully active and 1 cup fresh water/flour slurry
It rose to the top within 4 hours. Much faster than ordinary starters. But I wasn't ready for it. I shut off the heat so it's at room temperature and when I went back to it the starter forced through its top and spill out into a tray. About 3/4 cup foamed out.
This was used to make dough which took off like a rocket. Fast as regular yeast.
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