Old Riley's recipe

Old Riley's

SHELTON, United States

Mixture

100%
Liquid Flour Other
Old Riley's

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Since 2016

I like to make home made pizza and heard that sourdough crust was excellent. It is!

Characteristics

It is very vigorous and happy. The starter has a nice aroma and breads made from it can be made to tast from mild to moderately sour.

Taste & flavour

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Recipe

Starting ingredients

  • 1Cup Unbleached wheat flour
  • .5Cup Water

Feeding ingredients

1
Remove from ther refrigerator. Poor all of the starter into a large bowl. Clean crock if needed. Extract 1/2 cup of starter from bowl and return to crock. Feed each portion of the starter with one cup of your favourite flour and one cup of water. Mix each portion. Cover the bowl and replace the top on the crock. Proof starter. Return crock to fridge and use starter in bowl to bake.

Working method

1
I used the method recommended by King Arthur Flour. https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/sourdough-starter-recipe It took two tries to get a successful starter going. It has been very robust for a couple of years now.
1Cup Unbleached wheat flour
2
Place in a nonreactive container and mix flour and water.
.5Cup Water

Result

Sandwich Loaf

Old Riley's Sandwich Loaf first slice

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