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Starter Made with Yeast
Preparation info
- About
1½ cups
starter, enough to use 1 cup for a recipe and retain ½ cup to perpetuate the starter - Difficulty
Easy
Appears in
Published 1995
Though many starters are made from such naturally yeast-rich sources as grapes or raisins, this one uses a tiny amount of active dry yeast to begin the fermentation.
Called a biga in Italian, such a starter gives a delicate flavor to the dough it leavens.
Ingredients
1 cup ¼ teaspoon
Method
- Place the water in a mixing bowl and whisk in the yeast. Allow the mixture to stand for about 3 minutes so the yeast granules can melt into the water. Whisk again and add the flour. Stir in the flour with a spatula to form a soft, sticky dough.
- Cover the bowl and leave it at room temperature until the starter is well risen, between 4 and 8 hours.
- Use
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