After help and guidance from Janetcook and dabrownman with my starter and baking I have now adopted some procedures to follow in maintaining my starter, building the starter and baking. As a believer in not plagiarising others hard work a thought I would share what I am now doing and salute the guide behind the advice.
To maintain my starter I have adopted the following from dabrownman:
MAINTAIN STARTER
10 g STARTER AT 60% 50 g
20 g WATER 6 g
20 g FLOUR 24 g
50 g TOTAL 80 g
Take 10g of 60% hydro starter add 20g of flour and 20g of water and let it double at 90% hydration AT 70f
Then add 6g of water and 24g of flour to it and then refrigerating it at 80grams total and 60% hydration.
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to build the starter i use the adviece from Janetcook:
BUILD STARTER TO BAKE WITH
5 g STARTER 30 g
10 g WATER 60 g
15 g FLOUR 90 g
30 g TOTAL 180 g
Take 5g of stored starter and feed it 10g of water and 15g of flour (5:10:15)
Let it ripen and note how long it takes to do so.
Next build would be 30:60:90 giving your 180g of sourdough.
i then use 2 large spoonfuls and add it to my sponge ingredients and let it sit overnight at 70°.
it takes 6 hours for both stages.
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i froze some 60% starter and to bring it back to life i use the method suggested by dabrownman:
RESTORE FROZEN STARTER
20 g STARTER
40 g WATER
40 g FLOUR
100 g TOTAL
Don't forget to freeze 20g of starter (60% hydro) just in case you kill the one you are using or use it all like I have done by mistake. You can always take it out of the freezer add 40 g each of flour and water to it an you will get your old starter back in a day no problem with another feeding at 12 hours.
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all of these procedures have helped get my baking back on track to better baking. apart from careful measuring i now check storage temperatures and the results are better than ever.
so its a big thanks to Janetcook and dabrownman.
hopefully these procedures may help others
the Baking Bear
