# Sourdough starter

From: [foodgeek.dk](https://foodgeek.dk/en/make-your-own-sourdough-starter-recipe/ "https://foodgeek.dk/en/make-your-own-sourdough-starter-recipe/") Video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU2z8u7MErI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU2z8u7MErI "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU2z8u7MErI")

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It is very simple to make your own sourdough starter. All you need is time and patience.

### Ingredients

Starter:

- 100 g rye flour
- 150 g water

Daily feedings:

<div class="level3" id="bkmrk-50-g-sourdough-start">- <div class="li"><span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Oxygen, Ubuntu, Roboto, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-weight: 400;">50 g sourdough starter</span></div>
- <span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Oxygen, Ubuntu, Roboto, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-weight: 400;">100 g rye flour</span>
- <span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Oxygen, Ubuntu, Roboto, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-weight: 400;">100 g water</span>

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<div class="level3" id="bkmrk-1-bread-flour-1-whol"></div><div class="level3" id="bkmrk-start-by-putting-100"><div class="level3">1. <div class="li">Start by putting 100 grams of rye flour and 150 grams of water in a glass container</div>
2. <div class="li">Mix thoroughly so all the flour been hydrated</div>
3. <div class="li">Put somewhere warm to the next day (in a window in the sun or near a heater)</div>
4. Feed.
5. <div class="li">The follow this routine until you have an active sourdough starter. You know it is active when it grows to double size over four to eight hours after you've fed it</div>

</div></div>Daily feedings:

<div class="level3" id="bkmrk-mix-the-sourdough-st">1. <div class="li">Mix the sourdough starter Measure 50 grams of sourdough starter in a fresh glass container</div>
2. <div class="li">Add 100 grams of bread flour and 100 grams of water and mix thoroughly. Close the container. You can seal it if you want.</div>
3. <div class="li">Store somewhere warm (about 25°C/77°F)</div>
4. <div class="li">Repeat every day until your sourdough starter is bubbly and super active. Normally it takes six to seven days.</div>

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