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So what this means is 1 2 cup of sourdough starter and 1 2 cup flour and 1 2 water. Even if you feed it and then return it back to the fridge without using it.
The low temperature of the fridge will make your starter inactive.
Caring for sourdough starter. To make a really bubbly sourdough starter you must feed it a ratio of one to one to one. So what this means is 1 2 cup of sourdough starter and 1 2 cup flour and 1 2 water. You can make more starter than this but always keep the ratio 1 to 1 to 1 and you will have a really bubbly sourdough starter.
You can either dump it out or stir it in. Most likely your sourdough starter is hungry and needs to be fed so just give it some more flour and water and it should be fine. After day 7 do i keep discarding half of my sourdough starter.
Once the sourdough starter is established on day 8 all you have to do it just give it flour and water. Using your sourdough starter to bake. At this point after the feeding on the morning of day 2 it needs to ferment for 4 12 hours before it s ready to use in a bread dough.
For the best flavor and sourdough ripeness use your starter in a bread recipe no more than 12 16 hours after you ve fed it. You should have approximately 1 4 cup starter. Feed your starter 1 4 cup flour and 3 tablespoons water.
Stir it well to combine the water flour and starter well. A few hours after this feeding it will be very bubbly and should have doubled in size. Not everyone needs quite that volume of bread in their lives but it s instructive in the process of caring for and feeding a sourdough starter the fermented mixture of flour and water which gives sourdough bread both its trademark tanginess and its leavening agent.
My advice for keeping a sourdough starter grossman joked is to quite your job and watch it at all times. It is best to feed your sourdough every week. Even if you feed it and then return it back to the fridge without using it.
This keeps it in good health long term. If you forget to feed the sourdough in the fridge don t panic. The low temperature of the fridge will make your starter inactive.
It can sleep in your fridge for a long time.