Sourdough…Was I making flatbread?
On Sunday I made my first attempt at making sourdough bread. Considering the recipe I followed produced a loaf about 2 inches taller, I think it fell flat. I used no commercial yeast in my attempt to make a true sourdough.
Yes, I am a food geek. What’s more, I seem to be enamored with food that requires time, aging and some sort of chemical transformation. Beer, cheese, yogurt, sourdough. Ah, as I type this I realize they all go through fermentation. No wonder I started way back when with making beer.
The recipe said to let it rise three times. I think next time I will try just twice. I did get a pretty good rise the first and second times, but this was made with my very first starter which might not not have enough of the wild yeasties to produce the third rise.
I did tear off a corner and taste it and it’s delicious. Tangy and chewy, far more so than any commercial sourdough I’ve tried.
