How to make a Levain for Sourdough Bread
Every time you plan to make sourdough bread, you will need to prepare a levain! It might sound a little tricky and confusing, check out this recipe and post to understand everything about it!
Equipment
- Kitchen digital scale
- Deli container or bowl medium size
- Knife to stir
- Home dough proofer if you don't have one, find a warm spot.
Ingredients
- Mother Sourdough Starter that has been recently maintained
- All purpose flour never bleached or bromated
- Water room temperature, filtered
Instructions
- Turn on your kitchen digital scale, make sure it is in the correct unit: grams
- Weigh 10 grams of the mother sourdough starter
- Add 100 grams of water and stir
- Add 100 grams of all purpose flour, stir
- Let sit to rise, with a lose lid on. To have it ready in 12 hours, it is important that the temperature where it sits is around 85F. If less, it will take longer and vice versa if it is higher.
Video
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