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Proof & Crumb School · Course
Your First Starter
Seven days from flour and water to a starter that can raise bread.
- Lessons
- 6
- Length
- 45 min
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
What you'll learn
- Build a starter from flour and water in about a week
- Tell a hungry starter from a ripe one by look and smell
- Keep it alive on one feeding a week
A free, week-long course. One short lesson a day tells you what to do and what you should be seeing. By day seven you'll have a starter that doubles on schedule and know how to keep it for years.
Who it's for: Anyone who has never kept a starter, or has lost one.
What you'll need
- A kitchen scale that reads to the gram
- A straight-sided jar of about 500 ml and a rubber band
- Whole wheat or whole rye flour, and unbleached bread or all-purpose flour
The lessons
2 sections · 6 lessons · 29 min
01Days 1 to 3: get it started
02Days 4 to 7: make it reliable
Your teacher
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