Two-Week Biga

While it is convenient enough to make a new biga each time you bake, if you bake a lot, you can make a large batch of biga using this recipe and use it in increments for up to two weeks in any of the six recipes that follow. If you like to bake country breads, like I do, this is a real boon in saving time, especially since bigas require none of the feeding or waiting that traditional sourdough starters do. Obviously a two-day-old biga will be a bit different than