Sake Lees Yeast 2 - Liquid Bread Starter
- 50 grams Sake lees
- 150 grams Cooled boiled water
- 1 300 ml capacity Jar
- 200 grams Bread (strong) flour for making the starter
- 1 500 ml capacity Tupperware for the starter
- Sterilize the bottle and lid.
- Transfer the sake lees and water in the bottle, cover tightly with a lid, and place it somewhere warm.
- Open the lid daily to let in air, close the lid, and shake well.
- It should start to fizz on the 3rd or 4th day.
- 2) This photo shows the starter on the 4th day after shaking; it fizzes and bubbles just like a carbonated drink.
- After it reaches this stage, let it sit for one day and the yeast is done.
- Sterilize the tupperware.
- Place 100 g of the yeast mixture and 100 g bread flour in it, and stir with cooking chopsticks until it is no longer floury.
- Once it has risen to about 3 times its original size place it in the refrigerator and let it rest a day.
- (it took about three hours for this starter to triple in size).
- This is day 1.
- This is what it looks like from the bottom.
- Lots of air bubbles have formed!
- This is proof that it is fermenting!
- Add 50 g bread flour to step 5 on the 2nd and 3rd day and mix until it's no longer floury.
- When making the stater on the 2nd and 3rd day, return both the fermented mixture and the raw materials to room temperature and then proceed.
- Use the starter after letting it sit in the refrigerator for a day.
lees, water, bread
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/149278-sake-lees-yeast-%E2%91%A1-liquid-bread-starter (may not work)