Tartine starter

possible to substitute tartine starter for fresh cake yeast? any conversion ideas?

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I've got a foccacia recipe that calls for fresh cake or compressed yeast which I cannot find. I have never worked with active dry yeast but have a very healthy Tartine starter. Is it possible to subsitute my starter for the fresh cake yeast?

The recipe calls for about 15.5 ouces of flour to .39 ouces of cake yeast.

Forgive me if this is a completely insane idea...I just would like to make good use of what I already have rather than try to buy a new product that is very difficult for me to find.

Sincere thanks for any advice.

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possible to substitute tartine starter for fresh cake yeast? any conversion ideas?

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Sourdough and Starters

I've got a foccacia recipe that calls for fresh cake or compressed yeast which I cannot find. I have never worked with active dry yeast but have a very healthy Tartine starter. Is it possible to subsitute my starter for the fresh cake yeast?

The recipe calls for about 15.5 ouces of flour to .39 ouces of cake yeast.

Forgive me if this is a completely insane idea...I just would like to make good use of what I already have rather than try to buy a new product that is very difficult for me to find.

Sincere thanks for any advice.

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Tartine Starter Attempt 1

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Sourdough and Starters

I love breadmaking and love the look of the Tartine breads so this is my new goal as far as what I want from my bread. I have made successful starter for my pizzas and now attempted the tartine starter from the book.

I have a glass jar and filled it halfway with water and added a handful of 50/50 blend of kabf and whole wheat flour. It was supposed to be a thick batter but was too watery so I added moreflour tothe mix. I mixed it by hand and covered with a towel and left it for 2 days on my kitchen counter with a temp of 72 degrees.

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Newbie:First starter is high achiever! what do I do?

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Sourdough and Starters

Started my first Tartine starter yesterday- and it took off! Doubled in volume and bubbling in 30 hours. When do I feed it? Doesn't fit any descriptions of any posts I've found. Tartine talks about feeding on day 3 or 4 when it is barely bubbling. Don't want to mess this up. do I feed now or wait till it starts to subside? My house is a consistent 72 - 75F.

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Tartine Starter Problems (long read)

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Artisan Baking

~First let me say thank you to all contributors to this site as it’s a treasured and essential resource online.~

I’ve been using the Tartine method for the starter about 40 days now and have had some problems or what I perceive as problems for the last few weeks.

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Tartine starter

possible to substitute tartine starter for fresh cake yeast? any conversion ideas?

possible to substitute tartine starter for fresh cake yeast? any conversion ideas?

Tartine Starter Attempt 1

Newbie:First starter is high achiever! what do I do?

Tartine Starter Problems (long read)

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