Oh sourdough. Is it weird to say that I am completely and utterly obsessed with sourdough bread? In the last two years I have tried probably 70 different recipes and starter recipes for sourdough! It took a lot of researching, and trial and error, but I have finally found my favorite, and have learned quite a bit along the way.
But first, why use sourdough at all? Sourdough is traditional leavening, like what our great, great, great, great, great, great grandma's used. And honestly its the best, because sourdough uses the natural yeast that surrounds you its actually good for you. And if you use good flour, like einkorn, spelt or sprouted flours it is even better for your body. You see our bodies were not meant to break down what we call "bread" in today's day and age. Yes, it is quick and easy to make and bleached white flour is extremely affordable and easy to find, but your body is meant to eat things that breakdown easy, like sourdough bread.
There is so much more to say on this subject, but I will save that for another post. I'll include a link to a website that is chock full of information about sourdough https://www.westonaprice.org/
Back to lessons learned: TAKE CARE OF THAT STARTER! Part of my problem was my lack of consistency, starter needs love! Once you have it established you need to either discard + feed daily or bake + feed daily. It seems counter productive to discard starter, but you MUST! If you don't discard or bake daily your starter will grow too much of that good bacteria and it will get icky. Trust me, I made this mistake more than once and killed my beautiful starter and had to start over, which is a seven day process before you even get to bake again! Needless to say I am pretty religious about caring for my starter, so much so that I am taking it on my road trip even though I will not be able to actually bake with it! It is a priority for me and for my families health. Here is the best rye starter I have found, I do not add the pineapple juice, but I do follow the rest of the recipe to a T https://practicalselfreliance.com/rye-sourdough-starter/
The next lesson I have for you is simple, but not easy. Be patient, traditionally leavened bread takes much longer to prepare that regular bread. The recipe I love is a three day process, but the results are perfect. It is a simple recipe that mostly just takes a lot of patience. Here's the link if you'd like to try it, and if you do tell me what you think!https://www.wholeheartedeats.com/basic-sourdough-made-easy/
She also has a great blog post on the importance of sour dough!
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