September 12, 2017 - 9:52am
Bien Cuit starter--help!
I recently built a starter using the methodology outlined in the book Bien Cuit. One problem--I mistakenly continued to use rye flour instead of changing over to whole wheat after day six of the 24-day process. Will that ruin the starter or is it OK and/or fixable?
Thanks!
Jeff
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Rye is one of the best flours to feed your starter, which is probably why Bien Cuit recommends it as the base for beginning a starter. You can switch it over to wheat flour, if that is what you want, at any point. It might balk for a day or two as the yeasts and bacteria adjust to the new food but it will come around.
Paul