There’s not too much change for my starter from yesterday, it seems to have become a bit sluggish. While I’ve still got no hooch to speak of, I do have some funky enormous bubbles on the surface of the culture and some nice bubbly texture visible when looking at the sides of the jar. It’s… Continue reading Making A Sourdough Starter From Scratch – Day 4
Category: Fermented
Making a Sourdough Starter From Scratch – Day 3
I’m really enjoying this little sourdough journey! I wonder what other projects we could do in progressive installments? I’ve occasionally had US readers ask if I can mail them scobies (but I’m not able to send them overseas). So perhaps we’ll try growing a SCOBY from bought bottle of kombucha? I’m keen if you are! I’ve… Continue reading Making a Sourdough Starter From Scratch – Day 3
Making a Sourdough Starter From Scratch – Day 2
Yesterday we had some fun with flour and water, and today we’re going to do it all again and build on our own baby sourdough starter! We learnt a little about the differences between sourdough versus commercial breads in the last post and we made our own starter culture that has now been fermenting for… Continue reading Making a Sourdough Starter From Scratch – Day 2
Making A Sourdough Starter From Scratch – Day 1
If thou tastest a crust of bread, thou tastest all the stars and all the heavens. – Robert Browning For me, tangy and chewy sourdough is ‘the taste of the stars and all the heavens’. For many years I bought sourdough every week while also baking with yeast at home; the idea of making my… Continue reading Making A Sourdough Starter From Scratch – Day 1
Spicy Fermented Plum Sauce
What do you generally use to get your ferments going? Whey is one of those fermentation starters that I never seem to have on hand. I don’t tend to strain my yoghurt or milk kefir to make it thicker and therefore often use a brine to get my cultured foods started. It’s a bit slower than… Continue reading Spicy Fermented Plum Sauce
Antiinflammatory Kiwi Juice Tonic
I’m so ready for this weekend, it’s been a terrible week for me! I’ve been running on very little sleep due to a few late night occurrences (including a snoring boyfriend, a barking dog and a car crash outside our house one night) and this weekend is hopefully going to be a restorative one. As… Continue reading Antiinflammatory Kiwi Juice Tonic