Follow the Sourdough Day 2

Follow the Sourdough Day 2 Hello, it’s Chef John from foodwishes.com and welcome to another installment of Follow the Sourdough. Today is day two and this is called feeding the starter because what we’re going to do is feed the starter. So what you’re going to do is you’re going to take your mixture from yesterday and you’re going to mix it again. Now, I told you to mix it a couple of times in the 24-hour period that it was sitting out at room temperature and you probably notice there was like a little thin, watery layer on top. So hopefully you stirred that in a couple of times. It doesn’t really matter but stirring it kind of aerates it and gets more of that wild yeast in the mixture. So what we’re going to do here, after 24 hours we’re going to stir it up. We’re going to remove half and we’re going to add some more flour and water. So I’m just going to use a ladle here. I’m not going to measure it. You can measure it if you want but I’m just going to eye it. I’m going to take out half and I’m just going to discard that, so you just throw that away. So I’m going to add another half cup of water and I’m going to add a half cup of the unbleached bread flour. So you’re going to mix in a half cup of flour, half cup of water, whisk it in very well so there’s no lumps. And then, we’re going to cover it back up and leave it out at room temperature again, and we’re going to stir that another couple of times during the next 24-hour period. And you’re going to repeat that everyday until I tell you to stop, okay? So 24 hours from now, I want you to do that exact same thing and stay tuned for the next episode. Check the site if you’re not already there for more info. Enjoy!