sourdough
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈsaʊərˌdoʊ/
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- Many bakers enjoy the unique taste of sourdough due to the wild yeast and bacteria during fermentation.
- sourdough starter
- sourdough bread
- sourdough ferments
You can't buy a sourdough starter from the store.
- You can't buy a sourdough starter from the store.
Examples
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Dottie motions toward the kitchen where Menu Man kneads a pile of sourdough.
Fiction book (1999) -
This is my very own tub of failed sourdough starter.
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I actually used some of the Christmas sourdough with mine.
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That is what a sourdough culture does.
Blog text (28) -
You can't buy a sourdough starter from the store.
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I used to keep some sourdough starter, but I don't make bread often enough to bother with it too much.
Blog text (28) -
The slow fermentation using natural wild yeasts that you find in sourdough makes it easier to digest.
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The restaurant then whips up a dough that's fermented for 18 hours, much like a sourdough starter.
Blog text (3) -
To make delicious bread, I prefer using a natural leaven made from my homemade sourdough starter.
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After mixing flour and water, allow the sourdough to ferment for several hours to develop flavor.
Synonyms
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5.0
A mix of yeast or bacteria used to start making bread and cheese
Compounds
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2.8
Bread made with a natural starter that has a slightly sour taste and a chewy crust
How Sour
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sourdough for the starter comes from the parts sour and dough because a mix of flour and water ferments and tastes a little 'sour'. So sourdough is the natural 'starter' people keep to make bread without commercial yeast.