Chef John’s Sourdough Starter

Description Here’s part 1 of my 2-part recipe for sourdough bread. It takes 4 days to make the starter, but there’s really not much to it other than ‘feeding’ the starter once a day for about 10 days. Ingredients 700 grams bread flour 700 grams filtered water, divided Instructions Day 1: Mix 70 grams flour … Read more

Chef John’s Sourdough Bread

Description Making your own sourdough bread does take a while, but the amount of actual work is minimal–and the bread you’ll get is spectacular! See the footnote link to how to make the sourdough starter. Ingredients 100 grams sourdough starter 250 grams water 8 grams kosher salt 394 grams bread flour rice flour for bread … Read more