Charles recipe

Charles

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Mixture

100%
Liquid Flour Other
Charles

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Since Unknown

January 2013

Characteristics

Frequently refreshed with different flours (mainly rye, spelt and wheat), it's now almost four years old. Always happy and vigorous, it smells fruity and has a lovely cream colour.

Taste & flavour

Charles top shot
Charles jar shot

Recipe

Starting ingredients

  • 100g Wholemeal rye flour
  • 200g Water

Feeding ingredients

1

Working method

1
On day 1,use a medium sized plastic bowl with a lid, mix 25g wholemeal rye flour and 50g water, put the lid on and keep at a warm temperature for 24 hours.
100g Wholemeal rye flour 200g Water
2
On day 2, add 25g wholemeal flour and 50g water into the bowl which contains the 75g starter mixture from Day 1, cover and keep at a warm temperature for 24 hours.
3
On day 3, add 25g wholemeal flour and 50g water into the bowl which now contains 150g starter mixture from Day 1 and 2, cover and keep at a warm temperature for 24 hours. At this point, you may already start to see signs of the starter fermenting (small bubbles).
4
On day 4, add 25g wholemeal flour and 50g water into the bowl which now contains 225g starter mixture from Day 1, 2 and 3, cover and keep at a warm temperature for 24 hours.
5
You should now have an active starter that has bubbled up overnight, slightly subsided again and smells fruity.

Result

Seaweed sourdough

Wheat and polenta sourdough with kombu seaweed https://www.thebreadshebakes.com/2016/01/seaweed-bread-recipe-sourdough/
Charles Seaweed sourdough first overview
Charles Seaweed sourdough second overview
Charles Seaweed sourdough first slice
Charles Seaweed sourdough second slice

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