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I'm not trying to hide this: I have a lot of dough. Sourdough, to be precise.
Whoever owns a domestic animal, knows that you can't simply leave it when holiday season comes. For sure you cannot put it in the fridge for a month and leave. That's why sourdough is a better kind of pet. A kind that doesn't mind it.
Before we go any further, if you want to have a sourdough starter, you may prefer to read the Sourdough post on https://breadcentric.com. Once I describe all the reviving I did, the posts will be combined into one and land over there too.
We've been leaving our buddies for two weeks before, but never for a month. I know people make experiments and usually it's ok up to 6 months in the fridge without feeding. We're talking about mature starters, of course. Anyway, we decided it would be a good chance to try some backup options, so we dried some of the sourdough. Here's what we did:
- left a fed starter in the fridge as is
- smeared some of the starter on a baking parchment, dried it, removed in flakes and put into a jar in the cupboard
- put a dollop of a starter on a flour used to feed it and mixed into a crumbly texture, then packaged and placed in the fridge
We did not freeze it, although I have heard of it from The Joy Of Cooking and Cooking at StackExchage. Maybe one day I'll try it.
I was especially interested in the flakes as I have seen people offering them over the Internet and I was also thinking about it.
Today I will cover feeding the refrigerated starter only.
When we came back, the starters looked quite fatigued. The first thing that happens to a sourdough is separation of liquid on top of the container. This is called hooch and is water with yeast/bacteria. After some time it will turn dark as some of the living things die. The smell becomes very acidic and vinegary.
I have taken each of the starers, gave them a stir and added some water and the flour used to feed them. For the white wheat flour starter (Kwiatek) I poured most of it into the bin and fed the remaining bit. And I used plain flour as I've run out of the strong one. I haven't fed the gluten-free rice flour starter as I ran out of flour and the only offer I found was over 拢2 for 100 g flour. No thank you.
In the morning all the starters seemed happy and active, so I put them into the fridge except for the Kwiatek and one whole rye starter which I wanted to use to bake bread.
Wheat-rye-spelt seedy sourdough bread
This is one of those "Oooh I have a bit of this flour, let's get rid of it" type of a recipe. I used a simple rye bread recipe as a base, so for two loaves I needed 800 g flour, 800 g water, 250 g starter, 20 g salt, 200 g seeds. Here's what I got.
Planning
None. If your starter is weak, it will take a long time to rise, and it will hardly rise at all anyway. If your starter is fine, it will require 4-5 hours to rise. Then 70 minutes to bake.
You'll also need a baking tin and some butter for coating. You can decorate the loaf with seeds, but it's not that important.
Ingredients
For two loaves, about 1 kg each
- 470 g whole wheat flour
- 230 g light rye flour
- 100 g light spelt flour
- 20 g salt
- 250 g rye sourdough
- 800 g water
- 100 g linseed
- 100 g sunflower seed
Preparation
- Mix all the ingredients together
- Put the dough into the tins and leave the bread to rise in a warm place (around 21-25 C). Mine took 19-20 hours because the starter was rather week. Normally it would take about 4-5 hours
- Set your oven to 160 C with a fan. Know your oven
- Add steam to the oven. Bake the bread for 70 minutes
- Let it cool down on a cooling rack
The bread rose rather poorly, but it did. The flavour was tasty but quite sour which suggests I did not refresh the starter well enough.
As a result I took the starters again and:
- gave them a stir
- discarded most of their content
- fed them with equal parts water and flour to match the initial weight
I can see they got active again, but it may require even more of that, so I will repeat the process tomorrow. The moment I will get insane bubbles I will know all got back to normal.
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Po polsku
Nie staram si臋 tego ukry膰: Mam du偶o kwasu. Zakwasu, dok艂adniej m贸wi膮c.
Kto ma zwierzaka w domu, wie 偶e nie mo偶na go zwyczajnie zostawi膰 na czas wakacji. Na pewno nie mo偶esz go schowa膰 do lod贸wki na miesi膮c i wyjecha膰. Dlatego zakwas jest lepszym zwierzakiem. Takim, kt贸remu to nie przeszkadza.
Zanim b臋dziesz czyta膰 dalej, je艣li chcesz zrobi膰 w艂asny zakwas, mo偶esz chcie膰 przeczyta膰 wpis Zakwas na https://breadcentric.com. Gdy sko艅cz臋 opisywa膰 ten temat tutaj, skompiluj臋 go w jeden wpis i r贸wnie偶 umieszcz臋 na blogu.
Zostawiali艣my ju偶 naszych kole偶k贸w wcze艣niej na dwa tygodnie, ale nigdy na miesi膮c. Wiem 偶e ludzie eksperymentuj膮 i zwykle sze艣膰 miesi臋cy to bezpieczny czas bez karmienia zakwasu w lod贸wce. Oczywi艣cie m贸wimy tu o dojrza艂ych zakwasach. Tak czy tak, uznali艣my, 偶e to b臋dzie dobra okazja, aby przetestowa膰 kilka opcji zabezpieczaj膮cych zakwas. Co zrobili艣my:
- nakarmili艣my zakwasy i w艂o偶yli艣my do lod贸wki
- rozsmarowali艣my troch臋 zakwasu na papierze do pieczenia, wysuszyli艣my, odkleili艣my p艂atki i schowali艣my w s艂oikach w szafce
- wy艂o偶yli艣my 艂y偶k臋 zakwasu na m膮k臋, u偶ywan膮 do jego karmienia, i wymieszali艣my do uzyskania konsystencji kruszonki; nast臋pnie w艂o偶yli艣my do pojemnik贸w i wrzucili艣my do lod贸wki
Nie mrozili艣my zakwasu, cho膰 s艂yszeli艣my o tym na The Joy Of Cooking i Cooking at StackExchage. Mo偶e kiedy艣.
Szczeg贸lnie interesuj膮 mnie p艂atki, gdy偶 widzia艂em jak ludzie oferuj膮 tak膮 form臋 w internecie i r贸wnie偶 o tym my艣la艂em.
Dzi艣 napisz臋 tylko o karmieniu zaczynu.
Kiedy wr贸cili艣my, zakwasy by艂y nieco sponiewierane. Najpierw z zakwasu wytr膮ca si臋 p艂yn, po angielsku nazywany hooch. To woda z dro偶d偶ami/bakteriami. Po jakim艣 czasie nieco sciemnieje, gdy cz臋艣膰 偶yj膮tek obumrze. Zapach staje si臋 bardzo kwa艣ny, octowy.
Wzi膮艂em ka偶dy z zakwas贸w, wymiesza艂em i doda艂em troch臋 wody i m膮ki, u偶ytej do ich karmienia. W przypadku zakwasu z bia艂ej m膮ki (Kwiatka) wyla艂em wi臋kszos膰 do kosza i nakarmi艂em pozosta艂o艣膰. I u偶y艂em m膮ki tortowej, bo nie mia艂em chlebowej. Nie karmi艂em zakwasu bezglutenowego, poniewa偶 sko艅czy艂a mi si臋 m膮ka 偶ytnia i jedyna znaleziona oferta to by艂o 拢2 za 100 g m膮ki. Nie dzi臋kuj臋.
Rano wszystkie zakwasy wydawa艂y si臋 by膰 szcz臋艣liwe i aktywne, wi臋c umie艣ci艂em je w lod贸wca poza Kwiatkiem i jednym 偶ytnim, kt贸rego chcia艂em u偶y膰 do upieczenia chleba.
Chleb pszenno-偶ytnio-orkiszowy z ziarnami, na zakwasie
To jest jeden z chleb贸w typu "O, mam jeszcze troch臋 tej m膮ki, pozb膮d藕my si臋 jej". Bazowa艂em na prostym chlebie 偶ytnim, wi臋c na dwa bochenki chleba potrzebowa艂em 800 g m膮ki, 800 g wody, 250 g zaczynu, 20 g soli, 200 g ziarnen. Oto co wysz艂o.
Planowanie
Brak. Je艣li Tw贸j zakwas jest s艂aby, chlebowi ro艣ni臋cie zajmie du偶o czasu, a i tak prawie nic nei uro艣nie. Je艣li zakwas jest w formie, zajmie Ci to 4-5 godzin. Potem 70 minut pieczenia
B臋dziesz te偶 potrzebowa膰 foremki do pieczenia i troch臋 mas艂a do posypania. Mo偶esz te偶 udekorowa膰 bochenek ziarnami, ale nie jest to absolutnie konieczne
Sk艂adniki
Na dwa bochenki, ka偶dy oko艂o 1 kg
- 470 g m膮ki pszennej pe艂noziarnistej
- 230 g m膮ki 偶ytniej jasnej
- 100 g m膮ki jasnej orkiszowej
- 20 g soli
- 250 g 偶ytniego zakwasu
- 800 g wody
- 100 g siemienia lnianego
- 100 g ziaren s艂onecznika
Przygotowanie
- Po艂膮cz wszystkie sk艂adniki razem
- W艂贸偶 ciasto do foremek i pozostaw w ciep艂ym miejscu do wyro艣ni臋cia (ko艂o 21-25 stopni). M贸j chleb r贸s艂 19-20 godzin, poniewa偶 zakwas by艂 raczej s艂aby. Normalnie zaj臋艂oby to 4-5 godzin
- Nastaw piekarnik na 160 stopni z termoobiegiem. Znaj sw贸j piekarnik
- Dodaj pary do piekarnika, piecz chleb przez 70 minut
- Daj mu ostygn膮膰 na kratce
Chleb r贸s艂 raczej s艂abo, ale troch臋 ur贸s艂. Smak by艂 przyjemny, ale troch臋 kwa艣ny, co sugeruje, 偶e nie od艣wie偶y艂em dostatecznie zakwasu.
W rezultacie wzi膮艂em zakwasy i:
- dokarmi艂em je
- wyrzuci艂em wi臋kszos膰 z pojemnika
- nakarmi艂em je r贸wnymi ilo艣ciami wagowymi wody i m膮ki, aby wyr贸wna膰 wag臋 z przed dokarmiania
Widz臋 aktywno艣膰, ale mo偶e si臋 okaza膰, 偶e to za ma艂o, wi臋c jutro powt贸rz臋 ten proces. B臋d臋 wiedzia艂 偶e wr贸ci艂 do formy gdy pojawi si臋 absurdalna ilo艣c b膮belk贸w.
Prosz臋 zag艂osuj, je艣li podoba Ci si臋 m贸j wpis i obserwuj mnie, aby us艂ysze膰 wi臋cej o 艣wiecie pieczenia i programowania.