How To make Nancy Silverton's Grape Starter
2 c Bread flour
2 1/2 c Water
1/2 lb Red grapes, stemmed
The grape starter is from Julia Child's new Master Chef book($17.95 Retail). It is a recipe given by Nancy Silverton. It takes 10 days to complete but is then yours for life. Wrap the grapes in well washed cheesecloth, tieing the corners to form a bag; lightly crush them with a rolling pin (to release the sugar to mix with the natural yeast on the skins; just like making wine!) and immerse them in the flour water mix. Cover tightly with a lid or plastic wrap secured with a rubber band. Leave at room temperature for 6 days, stirring once or twice a day for the six days. The bag of grapes will eventually appear inflated, and liquid will begin to separate from the flour base. The mixture will begin to taste and smell slightly fruity, and the color will be strange. That is as it should be. By the sixth day the bag of grapes will have deflated, the color will be yellow, and the taste pleasantly sour; the fermentation is complete. The starter is living but weak, and it needs to be fed. Remove the grapes and squeeze their juices back into the starter. Stir it up thouroughly and transfer it to a clean container. (Although you can use it after just one feeding, the starter will be stronger and healthier with the full treatment) You can refrigerate it until you're ready to proceed. Three days before you plan to use it, stir 1 cup flour and 1 cup water into the container, blending well. Let stand uncovered at room temperature until it bubbles up - 3 to 4 hours - then cover and refrigerate. Repeat this for the second and third day. Store the starter tightly covered in the refrigerator where it will keep perfectly for 4 to 6 months.- after which it's a good idea to pour off all but 2 cups and give it another feeding. Before using the stored starter for bread, however, give it the full 3-day feeding schedule once again to restore it and to tone down excess sourness. This is the starter for the Olive Bread recipe which follows. From: Richard Taylor
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Easy Grape Sourdough Starter
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Aunt Duddie Makes Nancy Silverton's Sourdough Starter - Day 11
Day 11! I'm just showing the first feeding because Flip is eating batteries. It's so interesting!
Sourdough Starter
Sourdough Starter with Grapes by Nancy Silverton
200-300 g unwashed red (dark skinned) grapes
1.5 cup flour (+ more later)
1.5 cup water (+ more later)
a piece of gauze or muslin
a jar of 1.5 litre volume
Day 1
Tie the grapes in a knot with gauze (muslin), bash it with rolling pin, so grapes release the juice.
Add flour and water, mix very thoroughly. Add our grapes, then leave the jar for 2 days in a quiet spot.
Day 3
You can look and smell the developing starter and leave for another day.
Day 4
Add 1/2 cup water and 1/2 cup flour, mix thoroughly. Leave for another 2 days.
Day 6
Get the grapes out, add 1.5 сup flour and 1 cup water, mix thoroughly, leave for one more day.
Day 7 (16:00)
In a clean jar or jug, pour 1/2 cup water, 1 cup of flour, add 1/2 cup of your starter (you can discard the rest), mix everything well, and leave till next morning. By the morning your starter should rise (mine doubled in size). My kitchen temperature was about 23C, if your room is cooler your starter will rise slower, if your room is warmer it can rise faster.
You sourdough starter is ready, you can pick a sourdough bread recipe and start baking!
Enjoy!
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To keep your starter alive and active you must feed it regularly. If you plan to bake often, you can keep your starter at room temperature and take 5g of starter and feed it with 20 g flour and 20 g water - once, twice, or three times a day (depends on your room temperature).
The starter left-overs can be discarded or accumulated in a jar (that sits in the fridge) and later made into sourdough pancakes:
You also can keep your starter in the fridge and feed it once a week or even a fortnight. So, after you feed your starter, you keep it outside for an hour and two, and then put it in the fridge. Before you bake your bread, it's better to feed the starter once or twice and wake your starter up.
Rustic bread (Sourdough Starter) - Nancy Silverstone 1
Rustic bread (Sourdough Starter) - Nancy Silverstone 1
Rustic bread (Sourdough Starter) - Nancy Silverstone 2
Rustic bread (Sourdough Starter) - Nancy Silverstone 2