Recipe: activate sourdough starter
You can store a sourdough starter in the fridge for years. Only if you want to bake bread, you will have to activate and multiply it for a while. You then take it out of the fridge, feed it and leave it in a warm place for two days. If you work during the week, it is advisable to do this on a weekend when you are at home. The ideal activity for a rainy weekend, right? It's not a lot of work, but you do need to give your sourdough a little love from time to time. With this recipe, you can turn 100 grams of sourdough from the fridge into 500 grams of active sourdough for baking sourdough bread.
Kitchenware
- large pot/bowl
- small jar to store the sourdough in
- (wooden or silicone) spoon
- tea towel
- kitchen scales
Ingredients
- 100 gr sourdough starter from the fridge
- 300 gr organic rye flour
- 300 ml lukewarm water, important: never more than 40 °C
Instructions
- Put 100 g of flour and 100 ml of lukewarm water in a bowl, stir well and add the 100 g of sourdough from the fridge. Stir well again and cover with a tea towel. Leave in a warm place for about 6 hours.
- After the 6 hours, add 100 g flour and 100 ml lukewarm water. Stir well and leave covered again in a warm place for 6 hours.
- Add 100 g flour and 100 ml lukewarm water and stir well. This time leave the dough in a warm place for 12 hours.
- 12 hours later: you now have a total of 600g of sourdough ready to bake bread again. Before baking bread, remember to remove 100 g of the sourdough and put it in the fridge for the next time you bake bread! The recipe for sourdough bread can be found in this article.