Day 3 of making my Pasta Madre for my next attempt at Panettone. I fed my Pasta Madre for a 3rd time today. I seeded the same feeding regime I’ve been using of 50g each of Starter and water, a teaspoon of honey and 100g of bread flour. I kneaded it for 5+ minutes toContinue reading “Pasta Madre (Day 3)”
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Pasta Madre (Day 2)
It’s been 20 hours now since I first put the new Pasta Madre in my proving box to ferment. It has clearly risen and fallen in that time as you can see by the photo gallery below. I’d normally not wait but I’m going to be patient this time. I’ll wait for another 4 hoursContinue reading “Pasta Madre (Day 2)”
Whoa! Something is Wrong!!
Yikes!! Something is off horribly! These are sad, sad loaves!! These loaves had limited, if any blooming at all. I suspected that this might be the case because when I put the dough into bulk ferment on Friday evening it just didn’t feel right. Possible issues: Weak Starter Poor strength in shaping Slash was incorrect/tooContinue reading “Whoa! Something is Wrong!!”
Creating a Sourdough Starter (Part 2)
I am (finally) going to continue my thread on creating a sourdough starter. Happy to actually do this given that 10 days ago I totaled my motorcycle on a winding rode in western Georgia. God’s grace alone that I “walked away” and am not in the ICU or the morgue! Where I left off IContinue reading “Creating a Sourdough Starter (Part 2)”
Creating a Sourdough Starter (Part 1)
I’ve had a number of folks ask “How do you create a sourdough starter?” I thought it might be fun to create a new starter and document the process. You can follow along with this thread and start your own if you so desire. There are many ways to create a sourdough starter….this is oneContinue reading “Creating a Sourdough Starter (Part 1)”
Feeding Cold Starter
Before COVID-19 I traveled extensively for my job and wasn’t in a position to feed my starter every day. I came across #BakeWithJack and started watching his videos on bread making. Episode 71: SOURDOUGH – The Scrapings Method, No Waste, No Discard describe a method that I’ve been using (modified) since. The method involves leavingContinue reading “Feeding Cold Starter”
Feeding Your Sourdough Starter
One of the things I’ve found out about sourdough and baking is that there is a cadence and rhythm to baking. One of those cadence and rhythms is the feeding of my sourdough starter each morning. Here’s how I maintain my starter. First I remove about 100g of starter from my crock. I do thisContinue reading “Feeding Your Sourdough Starter”
Baked By Bear Sourdough 