Make bread with flour different from the starter
I have been able to cultivate a strong sourdough starter with whole wheat flour and semolina flour.
Now I want to make a bread with all purpose flour, show should I proceed ?
Get this already active started and make my bread or feed it with flour until it gets used to ?
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Your starter should have no problem working with other flours, you don't need to acclimatize it or anything. Just use it as you ordinarily would.
I would suggest bread flour rather than AP, the higher gluten content will give better structure.
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Can I use bread flour instead of all-purpose for starter?
Technically, any grain-based flour works for making a sourdough starter. Flours made from rice, rye, spelt, einkorn and wheat all work. However, bread flour works the best and yields the most reliable starter.Does the type of flour make a difference in sourdough starter?
The Simple Truth is, sourdough starters made from wheat flour can be fed a variety of flours interchangeably all while staying active and healthy as long as the flour comes from grains similar to wheat.Can you feed your starter different flours?
Yes, you can feed your sourdough starter different flours. The sourdough starter's organisms are looking for a food source, and that is starch. Starch is in all the grains, so any will do.Are bread starters different?
There doesn't seem to be a difference. I even call King Arthur's hotline, and the response seemed to confirm there wasn't a difference. Rather it is all about how much starter you use, the length and way you ferment the dough, and, maybe, the way you bake the final bread.What's the best type of flour to feed a sourdough starter?
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I have a rye starter which I use with strong wheat flour, or with a rye/wheat mixture. But I don't add anything to the starter except rye and water, half-and-half.
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