Age
9Years
Color
Country of origin United States
Taste
& Flavour
Mixture
Unknown
Liquid
Flour
Other
Dough Diddley
Since 2015
Love the taste of sourdough bread, and finally had time to start getting back into bread after 4th retirement
Characteristics
It is a starter that I made using Teresa Greenway's method outlined in her class. It is about 6 months old, seems to rejuvinate itself even under extremely neglectful conditions. Gives a nice tang and quite effective as a substitute for commercial yeast. All of my work is a work of love, but not perfected yet. Still working on shaping techniques for my bread.
Taste & flavour
Recipe
Starting ingredients
Feeding ingredients
1
Feeding twice weekly when I remember
Working method
1
Following Teresa Greenway's recipe on Udemy Website, and additionally another starter using Richard Miscovich's method from Crafsty.com.
2
Over a period of about a week, I feed according to instructions in recipes, and have about 4 different starters. King Arthur, SF Sourdough, Rye, wholewheat. Dough Diddley is the one I maintain from the Greenway course. I grind my own flour with a very old stone wheel grinder.
Result
Pizza, Break, Pancakes
Pizza is the 2nd most used recipe for our sourdough starter. Can't be beat. Pancakes when grandsons requests
Comments
I don't bake but once every other week, but the taste of my bread is vastly improved when I bypass commerdcial yeast. I previously said I neglect my starter, but it always springs back once I nurture it.