How to Make a Sourdough Starter
This is the easiest method to make a sourdough starter, no measuring or discarding required!
Servings: 1 sourdough starter
Calories: 130kcal
Cost: $4
Ingredients
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 dash filtered water
- 2-3 TBSP flour white or rye flour
- ½ tsp caraway seeds, optional
Instructions
- Combine buttermilk, water, flour, and caraway seeds in a glass jar (or in another non-reactive container.
- Adjust the ingredients so that your starter has a thick pancake batter-like consistency. Stir vigorously.
- Lightly cover and leave in warm, undisturbed spot. Check every day for progress. You can also stir it.
- Depending on the environment (temperature, moisture, wild yeasts), this can take about 5-10 days.
- Your sourdough starter is ripe when it has a pleasant sour smell and is bubbly and foamy. You can also drop a bit in some water: if it floats, it's ripe, if it sinks, it needs a few more days.
Notes
- while you don't NEED the caraway seeds, they will greatly speed up the process of making a sourdough starter
- if you don't have buttermilk, you can also use plain yogurt, kefir, or kombucha (dairy-free alternative) but make sure that whatever you use has live active cultures
Nutrition
Calories: 130kcal
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