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Sourdough Starter: Why a “dry” starter is best

May 4, 2020 - 14 Comments

I was taught to make this sourdough starter by Carla of Jovial Foods. She taught me how keeping a dry sourdough starter wastes a lot less flour and provides a much more consistent bread. If your sourdough starter has disappointed you in the past (or if you're brand new to having a sourdough starter) give this method a try and let me know what you think!

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Dry Sourdough Starter

Course: Side Dish
Keyword: bread, sourdough

Ingredients

  • Water
  • Flour

Instructions

Day 1

  • Mix 60g flour and 45g water.
  • Pick up in hands, work for 30 seconds. Place back in bowl, cover with plasic wrap.
  • Keep at room temperature for 48 hours.

Day 3

  • Add 30g of water and 60g of flour. Mix.
  • Cover for 24 hours.

Day 4

  • Add 30g of water and 60g of flour. Mix.
  • Cover for 24 hours.

Day 5

  • Refresh Starter.
  • Take out 10g.
  • Add 30g water and 60g flour.
  • Mix and put in tuperwear or glass mason jar with lid.
  • Wait 6-10 hours at room temperature until dough bubbles.
  • If you don't see any bubbles, refresh on Day 6 and repeat if nessisary.
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Comments:

  1. Heather Giusti

    May 5, 2020 at 2:35 pm

    I was looking for the bread recipe that you said would be posted down below, and couldn’t find it…is there any way you can email it to me? I’ve been struggling with Mary Jane Butter’s sourdough starter for six weeks, and I’m ready to give the dry starter a try. Just need a proper bread recipe….I love your YouTube channel! Will probably be purchasing some books from you in the near future.

    Best,
    Heather

    Reply
    • Lorraine Black

      June 28, 2020 at 11:12 am

      I’m going to try the dry starter. I only bake every couple of weeks. How long can the dry starter sit in refrigerator before it has to be refreshed?
      Thank you. Hope to hear from you via email. I love the concept of this starter.

      Reply
    • Dienna Schiro

      September 18, 2020 at 1:49 pm

      I am so glad that there is a dry starter now. I uses to make it when the kids were small. I am having trouble getting to the recipe.

      Reply
  2. Kim

    May 6, 2020 at 5:56 pm

    What if in 48 hours your starter has light pink areas on top . Is it hooch ? Or mold ? Is this normal ?

    Reply
  3. Katie Secrist

    May 12, 2020 at 11:50 am

    I couldn’t see the video or the article. It’s missing on my computer screen, I love this idea could you share with me please? Thanks!

    Reply
  4. Roberta Devers-Scott

    May 13, 2020 at 12:29 am

    i did not see the the bread recipe under the dry sourdough video. can you please advise?

    Reply
  5. Rebecca

    May 13, 2020 at 9:23 am

    Hello,

    I can’t keep my house above 65, and putting it in the oven makes it grow mold in the first 48 hours. Any thoughts on how to make this work?

    Reply
  6. Jordan Baker

    May 22, 2020 at 7:40 am

    Good morning! I really appreciate your video, and I started my starter on Monday. This morning is day 5, so I pulled the 10 grams out to do the first refresh. I have two questions: 1) is the 10 grams + water and flour that is now in the lidded container the official starter? And if so, 2) what is the amount left behind….the mixture that has been growing for 5 days? Does that mixture just get discarded? It had some good bubbles in it yesterday and today. I am hoping I can use it for something! Thank you so much.

    Reply
    • Judy Harnden

      June 18, 2020 at 5:54 am

      I started my starter on Saturdayy. This morning is day 5, I made a mistake and I continued to do the same as day 5, and then only on day 6 I pulled the 10 grams out to do the first refresh.

      I have worked out that the 10 grams + water and flour… is now the official dry dough starter Is this correct?

      I now have all the other sour dough starer from Day 1- 5 as a left over amount< What am I to do with this?
      Do I discard this mixture or use it?

      I am now a little lost on how to complete the Bread Recipe to make "real good sour dough bread".

      I am hard of hearing – so it was difficult for me to hear everything – so I want to say, thank you for putting "sub-titles" on to what you were adding each time. However – subtitles to all your video's would be great for the hearing impaired.

      It took me the whole day to listen, listen and listen again to work out your Video, stop and start, sometimes re-start to try and write down what I need to do to enjoy this sour bread dough recipe. My eyes are my ears.

      I am super excited to make sour bread dough, I love making bread – hope I receive a reply shortly.

      Have a Blessed Day
      Judy Harnden

      Reply
  7. Carmen

    May 29, 2020 at 8:04 am

    If I have a wet sourdough, can I convert it to a dry one by just changing the amount that I’m feeding it? I would love to try this method!

    Reply
  8. Dina Spuler

    June 2, 2020 at 4:14 am

    Thanks for all of your wonderful recipes. Just a quick question…in the everyday einkorn recipe, is it 120G of water and 130g of flour, or 130g of water and 120g of flour? I printed what was included with your YouTube video and it used the former amounts, then printed your ecookbook, which used the other. Thank you!

    Reply
  9. Roberta

    June 13, 2020 at 4:35 am

    Hi Shaye,
    Questions:
    1. how long can the “dry” starter stay in the fridge without being fed?

    2. what happens when you only have a little bit of “dry” starter left?

    3. how long does it need to be on the counter before you can bake etc.- in other words after you prepare the starter for baking?

    Thanks ahead

    Reply
  10. Alex

    August 10, 2020 at 8:46 am

    What is the ratio for einkorn whole grain? 45g water to 48g of einkorn whole gain? Jovial says 45g water to 60g al propose einkorn or 48g whole grain. It’s a bit sticker than what it looks in the video. Just curious because whole grain is all I have.

    Reply
  11. grayce phelps

    September 14, 2020 at 10:26 am

    Hi there I am getting ready to start my own starter and was wondering what to do with the excess started on Day 5. Can this be used like other discard and made into things or can you start multiple starters from this?

    Reply

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