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Stiff Sourdough Starter-made with fmf for beginners.

Um Mansoorah
A simple stiff sourdough starter made with 100% freshly milled whole wheat flour and a small amount of your existing starter. Perfect for beginners who want to start baking with freshly milled grains.
Once you have successfully made your first sourdough starter, you can move on to the next recipe, which explains how to feed and maintain your starter for long-term use.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 7 hours

Ingredients
  

For the sourdough:

  • ¼ tsp your old starter It can be your white flour starter/store bought whole wheat starter /borrow from a friend some starter.
  • 50 g freshly milled flour(fmf)
  • 40 g water

Instructions
 

  • Mix: In a large bowl, combine the freshly milled flour, water, and old sourdough starter and knead for 2 minutes until you get a soft tortilla/roti consistency dough.
  • Transfer the dough into a glass container and cover it with a muslin cloth, or use cling film and poke a few holes with a pin.
    Mark the level of the dough on the container. I simply used a rubber band and placed it at the level where I expected the dough to double in volume. This makes it easy to monitor the rise.
  • Let it rise .
    The natural yeasts and bacteria in your environment will help facilitate fermentation. Depending on the temperature, after about 3-7 hours you should notice that the dough has not only doubled but may even triple in size.
  • Your freshly milled flour sourdough starter is now active and ready to use.

Maintaining Your Starter:

  • If you plan to bake sourdough bread today, you can feed your starter early in the morning.
    Take:
    - 50 g mature fmf sourdough starter
    - 100 g freshly milled flour
    - 85 g water
    Mix well and leave it to rise.
    Depending on the temperature , it may take around 2–4 hours to become active and nearly triple in size. Once it has risen well, use it in your recipe.

Notes

What Can You Make using your Stiff Sourdough fmf starter?
You can use this starter in making:
  • Sourdough fmf bread
  • Sourdough fmf milk bread
  • Sourdough fmf brioche bread
  • Sourdough fmf Cinnamon rolls
  • Sourdough fmf Cookies
  • Sourdough fmf Brownies
  • Sourdough fmf Pancakes
  • Many other sourdough fmf recipes
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