All About Sour Dough .

[EmeraldSue]

I've just checked my kitchen drawer and I have a thermometer I could use. I was going to try it on my cheats sourdough rolls, but when I went to check my rolls near  the end of the cooking time, they were flat and way too brown.  My oven strikes again

[cookie1]

I have a digital thermometer that I picked up at the kitchen shop.

[KarenH]

I've just checked my kitchen drawer and I have a thermometer I could use. I was going to try it on my cheats sourdough rolls, but when I went to check my rolls near  the end of the cooking time, they were flat and way too brown.  My oven strikes again

Ask santa to bring you a new oven ES 

[cookie1]

I received my starter from Chookie so I didn't have to make one. I have decided to have a go at doing a rye starter and I am starting today. Fingers crossed that I can do it.

[gertbysea]

Good luck with the rye starter cookie. I was lucky to get some organic rye  grain which I ground . It really took off.

Are you going to make pumpernickel?  You would not be disappointed.

I am going to make my Bialys from my wonderful new book in a day or two.  DH is going to Aelaide for a few days  so I will be messing about!.

Wish I was going too and would have  but for the doggies.


Gert

[cookie1]

Thanks Gert. Yes I am going to make the pumperknickel. I have made it before using the rye starter I had from Yoke and we all liked it. So hopefully it will work.

[gertbysea]

I am excited .  Hope you can give me some hints when you are done. 

Gert

[achookwoman]

Cookie,  you will be fine making the Starter.  Let us know how you go.  I think Gert idea of grinding some organic grain is a good idea.

[EmeraldSue]

I have shared my starter with my BIL.
I made some bread fools today . Bread rolls (stupid autocorrect!). I wanted to cook them them same time as dinner, so I used a recipe tht
also had yeast added.http://kitchengrrrls.blogspot.com.au/2011/09/easy-sourdough-rolls.html They rose so well that they lifted the lid off the bowl I was proving them in.
They have turned soft, light and fluffy - I think that they are the best rolls that I've ever made. So, so happy!

[achookwoman]

ES,  these look beautiful.  I think this recipe is American???  Did you use Aussie Tablespoon? Or  American. ? For the yeast?

[cookie1]

They look lovely and soft ES.

My rye sourdough has worked well. It is in the fridge at the moment. Hopefully I'll get to use it very soon.

[judydawn]

That's what you like to see ES, the dough lifting the lid off   Nice rolls too.

[EmeraldSue]

Chookie, I just checked my Ikea tablespoon measure - it says 15ml which is the US measure(I think). When i read the recipe, I thought that a table spoon of yeast sounded too much on top of the sourdough starter,, so I put in just under a tablespoon.
I also used a thermometer to test that the rolls were ready!!

[achookwoman]

ES,  you are showing a lot of common sense there,  and experience.  You will continue to make excellent bread.

[Delightful Den]

I had a sour dough failure this week. My rye starter is going well so I decided to make a white one.  After about 1.5 to 2 days outside I could see bubbles and thought I must have caught some of Gerts beastly yeasties. After bringing it inside and feeding it small amounts for a few days I started feeding it 1/2 cup flour/water at a time.

It just seemed to die. It smelled ok but kept separating after almost a week of this I gave up and poured it down the drain.

I think I will just use my rye starter for everything. 

I made a wholemeal (50/50 white and wholemeal) fruit and nut loaf with the rye starter last night.  I added about a teaspoon of yeast because I wanted to get a nice tall loaf. It was looking good but unfortunately I had to interutp the baking after about 25 minutes. I just turned the oven off and left the bread in. It suffered a bit of a collapse after that.

I turned the over back on and gave it longer; it browned nicely. I cut it this morning and had some for breakfast. The taste and texture are both great. So the collapse didn't affect it.