September 24, 2011 - 8:48am
Creating a levain without existing culture, is there a way? please help
Hi all, currently travelling and did not manage to bring my smidgen of my culture with me. is there a way to create a levain without using an existing culture? Am actually baking tomorrow and have about 12 hours to create one in order to create a bordelais type bread. please help. thank you.
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Try using buttermilk, clabbered milk, sour cream, or yogurt to replace all or part of the water in your preferment to give you some sourness. A bit of IDY, and you're good to go. It's not sourdough, but it's pretty good.
cheers,
gary
thank you Gary. I have the buttermilk powder and will follow. I appreciate it.