Sourdough percentage to a mix
Hello.
I'm completely fascinated by the science of sourdough and how simple and effective it is in baking.
Forgive me if this has been asked before, but I am having trouble finding out how much of a sourdough starter do you add to a bread mix.
I'll give you a few examples:
Recipe from a baker celeb.
460grams of strong white flour
300 grams of sourdough starter
Here we are looking at 65.22% of starter.
Another
Bakers blog
720grams of bread flour
120 grams of sourdough
Here we are looking at 16.67%
Another
370grams of flour
250 grams of sourdough
This is 67.57%
These three examples show percentages two at the high end 65% mark and one at the low end 16%.
So, my question is using bakers percentages, the flour always 100% of the equation,
How do I know what percentage of Sourdough to use, as each recipe uses a different percentage amount of sourdough?
So sorry for this but it is driving me crazy.
Very kind regards
Ian