Ah, the sourdough starter. So simple, and yet, all consuming. In recent years, more people are attempting to make their own bread easily without yeast, and while sourdough starter only requires two ingredients, flour and water, it’s still a process that needs a little finessing and a lot of patience. (If only I had known on that sunny spring day when I threw together some flour and water in the only large jar I owned and stuck it on the windowsill.)
Thankfully, I can now share my experience and insights after documenting my sourdough starter day by day; please learn from my mistakes and incessant googling all through the night and persevere until you have a crusty and delicious loaf of bread at the end of this. And if not? Well, there’s no shame in store-bought.
Let’s take a yeast journey, shall we?
