March 1, 2012 - 6:44am
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Hello
I have been able to chieve a nice rye starter after many months of patience. When it comes time to bake with it, do you have to stir (degas) before you spoon some out or is it perfectly fine to just use without mixing after it has doubled in size? How often should you stir it up?
Ghazi
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I do not degas particularly, but then again I am pretty relaxed about how much starter I use. Most people here will weigh their starter, if they're being careful about how much to use, so volume doesn't matter much. If you want to be precise, you can either weigh or, I suppose, just follow the same steps every time (stir 10 times, then use 2 tablespoons, or whatever you like).
I never stir my starter up unless I am feeding it, or using it. When I feed it, I stir thoroughly, to get the existing culture and the new flour well mixed.
thanks for your reply. Im sure there is no real way of doing it, though it seems you want to le the starter bubble to its full capacity.