07/31/2024
Bought starter from us and ready to make your own sourdough bread? Follow the directions below to rehydrate your starter!
Day 1:
Place all of your starter into a blender and grind until powdery. Return powdery dehydrated starter to bag. Then place 10g of dehydrated sourdough starter in a jar, and pour 30g of purified/distilled water over it. Stir with non-metal spatula and let sit for 10 minutes, or until powder has fully dissolved.
Add 20g of unbleached flour to the starter and stir with a non-metal spatula. Let sit at room temperature uncovered until the next day.
On this day if you’re finding it too thick, you may need to add a touch more water – you want it to be like a batter.
There is a likely chance, you’ll start seeing life – some bubbles and rising – within 6-8 hours!!
Day 2:
If there is a “crusty” layer, scoop that out and discard it.
Feed the starter equal parts unbleached flour with equal parts purified/distilled water. The amount is really your choosing. But, if you like specifics, mix in 40g unbleached white flour with 40g water (purified/distilled), and stir using a non-metal spatula.
Let sit at room temperature uncovered until the next day.
Day 3:
With my dehydrated sourdough starter, by this point I’ve found it more than ready to feed and use, but I don’t want to get in trouble from the sourdough experts for saying this. Many will tell you to keep feeding it for a few more days, but I’ve honestly found it bubbly and thriving, so you can either keep feeding it daily and leaving it out and it will do no harm, or you can feed it and get ready to make a loaf, [or if it’s thriving, and you don’t want to make a loaf, you can pop the lid on and put it in the fridge until you’re ready to use it again]!
