April 30, 2020 - 4:08pm
Help! Starter growing too fast
Hi, everyone!
I'm a begginer at this bread art, and last week I started growing my sourdough. Today is the 10th day, as I took the jar the starter was smelling like vinegar... So I discarted half and fed it at proportion 1:2:2 about one hour ago, but it is rising too fast, it has already doubled its size... Last time I fed it was yesterday 17h.
Is it normal? Is it healthy? Should I split the levain and feed it again? Now the bubbles are mid-sized, I'm thinking about spliting it and putting half at refrigerator and the keep the other half at room temperature (it is autumn here in Brazil, the weather is around 24C/75F), so I can control it if something goes wrong.
Any ideas?
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I have read that in warm weather a little salt can be added to slow down the growth of the levain before using it in bread. If it is just your starter I would discard more of it and feed it with more flour and water. It takes very little to get it going again. Just a few grams is all that is needed. You can adjust the time to the peak by how much starter you begin with.