Feb 15 2012

Sourdough Starter – Day 5

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*sigh* No, it’s not ready so please don’t ask. Didn’t I tell you that it’s a Labor of love? But the good news is, it’s ONLY like this when you first create your Mother. Really! The rest is simple.

Same as Day 2, Day 3 and Day 4…

Sourdough Starter – Day 5

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Author: The Kitchen Whisperer
Cuisine: baking

Ingredients

Wooden Spoon
Clean Linen
… patience

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Instructions

Uncover, stir with a wooden spoon (~5 minutes) or until it’s a thick smooth pancake batter again.
Recover with clean linen.
Set aside another 24 hours.

It’s definitely getting that good sour aroma but it’s not quite there. I’m suspecting by tomorrow we should be good to go. However it does take a good 5-7 days. As you can see a lot less bubbles than the previous days.

Now from the time I stuck the spoon in to the time it was creamy from stirring was maybe a minute, if that. That’s also another indicator that it’s close to being ready.