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To begin you can use this method of making a starter and still gain extra flavor in any bread recipe and many discard sourdough starter recipes that needs a starter. Half of the starter is discarded to keep the yeast growth under control and manageable and the remaining starter healthy.
I now make bread every week with this homemade wild yeast recipe.
Wild yeast sourdough starter recipe. Lydia noyes is a content writer and hobby farmer in southwest michigan. Together with her husband she manages a diverse 34 acre property with a large garden fruit trees hayfields native plant nurseries and a myriad of animals including american guinea hogs nigerian dwarf goats and too many chickens to count. If this happens at about day 6 add the 1 4 teaspoons vinegar with your daily feeding.
This will lower the ph and wake up the yeast which will then start to grow. Once the yeast starts growing starter should be fed equal parts of flour and water in a quantity sufficient to make enough starter for your recipe. To begin you can use this method of making a starter and still gain extra flavor in any bread recipe and many discard sourdough starter recipes that needs a starter.
Wild yeast is just as easy to work with and maintain as a commercial yeast starter. It s just a bit more time to get it going. Maintaining your wild yeast sourdough starter.
Once the starter is mature you will want to keep it alive and fed. When it is time to feed it transfer 1 4 cup to a clean container and discard the rest then add 1 4 cup water and 1 2 cup of flour to the starter. If you have a digital scale the process is much easier.
You can use the remaining starter for a bread recipe discard it or make another delicious sourdough baked good. Half of the starter is discarded to keep the yeast growth under control and manageable and the remaining starter healthy. Then feed the starter in the clean bowl with the 1 cup 110 grams of flour and 1 2 cup 110 grams of water.
Pour 1 cup hot water into the steam pan and close the door. After 30 seconds spray the oven walls with water and close the door careful not to spray glass window. Repeat twice more at 30 second intervals.
After the final spray reduce the temperature to 450ยบ f and bake for 20 30 minutes or until the loaves are done. Unlike sourdough bread which is leavened with sourdough starter this wild yeast bread or yeast water bread is leavened with wild yeast captured by soaking dried fruit in water. As a result you have a truly wild artisan style bread without the maintenance that sourdough requires.
While rise times are less predictable the flavor of this style of bread is rich with just the tiniest essence. Vickie the difference with this sourdough starter is that you don t have to wait for the wild yeast start fermenting. The added yeast in this recipe gives the sourdough starter a faster start.
You will get the same great flavor that you get with a starter that uses just flour and water and wild yeast. Wild yeast bread is a complete food and i m so glad i ve finally learned how to use it in my modern kitchen. I now make bread every week with this homemade wild yeast recipe.
The difference between wild yeast and sourdough. Wild yeast and sourdough are slightly different.