{"product_id":"the-fermentation-station-sourdough-starter-french-wheat-15g","title":"The Fermentation Station Sourdough Starter French Wheat 15g","description":"\u003cp\u003eDried French sourdough starter from a family culture begun in Southern France around 1916. This is the mild one: fruity and lightly tangy, and the maker's most popular starter. Each pack holds 15g of dried sourdough culture (also called a levain or mother dough) and a printed instruction sheet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy buy it:\u003c\/strong\u003e It suits everyday bread and people who find a strong sour loaf too sharp. You skip the week or more it takes to raise a starter from nothing: most people see this one active in 3 to 5 days and bake a first loaf in 4 to 6 days. You buy it once, and fed with flour and water it keeps going for years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow to use it:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWake it up: mix the dried starter with water and flour and feed it daily, following the sheet in the pack. Keep it at 20 to 25°C.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeed it bread flour or plain wheat flour. Flour Bread \u0026amp; Pizza Organic (244), at 12.5g of protein per 100g, suits it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUse filtered, chlorine-free water.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt is ready to bake with when it at least doubles after a feed and smells yeasty or slightly fruity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNot only bread: baguettes, pizza dough, pancakes, brioche and challah.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMove it to rye or spelt by adding a little more of the new flour at each feed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGood to know:\u003c\/strong\u003e The maker keeps the mother culture on organic stoneground wholegrain flour and filtered water. Dry and unopened, the pack keeps for at least 6 months. For a bolder, more sour loaf, choose the San Franciscan Wheat starter (1513).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIngredients:\u003c\/strong\u003e Organic wheat flour, filtered water.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContains wheat and gluten.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry of origin:\u003c\/strong\u003e Made in Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scoop Wholefoods","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67652533027125,"sku":"1514","price":19.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0947\/1469\/1893\/files\/french_sourdough_starter_front.jpg?v=1791423643","url":"https:\/\/www.scoopwholefoodswa.com.au\/products\/the-fermentation-station-sourdough-starter-french-wheat-15g","provider":"Scoop Wholefoods Cottesloe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}