Dried Sourdough Starter
Skip the growing. With this active, dried starter you usually bake your first sourdough loaf within 2 to 3 days.
- Usually your first loaf within 2 to 3 days
- Just wheat flour and water, no added yeast
- Your own everlasting starter that lasts for years
Help via
Instructions
by email
2 to 4 business days
delivered
Step-by-step instructions included
You get the instructions step by step by email, with a how-to video. Stuck? Send us a message on WhatsApp.Product description+
Growing a sourdough starter yourself from flour and water takes 7 to 14 days. And it often goes wrong along the way. With this starter you skip that part.
The pouch holds 15 grams of real sourdough culture: natural yeasts and lactic acid bacteria, dried. Give it lukewarm water and flour and it comes back to life. Most people bake their first loaf within 2 to 3 days.
- Just wheat flour and water. No added yeast.
- Your own everlasting starter. Feed it well and it lasts for years.
- Step-by-step instructions by email, with a how-to video.
- Ordering more from Fornello? Then the starter ships along at no extra cost.
What's inside?+
- Pouch with 15 grams of dried sourdough starter
- Step-by-step instructions by email, with a how-to video
Specifications+
- Contents
- 15 grams of dried sourdough starter
- Ingredients
- Wheat flour, water
- Allergens
- Contains wheat (gluten)
- Type
- Active sourdough culture, dried, no added yeast
- Ready to bake
- Usually within 2 to 3 days
- Lasts
- Years, if you feed it well
- Storage
- Unopened, cool and dry
- Instructions
- By email, with a how-to video
Shipping and delivery+
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands1 to 2 business days
- 🇧🇪 Belgium1 to 2 business days
- 🇪🇺 Rest of EU2 to 4 business days
Ordered before 5 PM, shipped the same business day. Free shipping (NL & BE) over € 65.
Ordering the starter together with other Fornello products? Then it ships along at no extra cost.
Need help? Our customer service helps you personally, also via WhatsApp.
Skip the growing
We've done the growing. You go straight to feeding.
Growing a starter from scratch with flour and water takes 7 to 14 days. It often goes wrong along the way, and you don't know why. This starter is already an active culture: with water and flour it comes back to life.
- No 7 to 14 days of growing
- Usually baking within 2 to 3 days
- Then a starter that lasts for years
How it works
From pouch to your first loaf
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1Day 1
Crumble and mix
Crumble the starter into a clean jar and mix it with lukewarm water. Add flour and stir into a paste.
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2Day 1 and 2
Let it bubble
Keep the jar at room temperature until you see bubbles. Then feed it every day with water and flour.
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3After 4 to 8 hours
Check if it doubles
Does it clearly rise after a feed, to about double? Then it's ready to bake with.
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4Bake
Bake your first loaf
In the oven or with the sourdough program of your bread maker.
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Twice as high? Time to bake.
Feed your starter and watch what it does. If it clearly rises within 4 to 8 hours, to about double, it's ready for your bread.
- About doubled, within 4 to 8 hours of a feed
- Full of bubbles
- Smells fresh and slightly sour
In the oven or with your bread maker's sourdough program
Your starter works in the oven and in a bread maker with a sourdough program. The Fornello Supremo has 19 programs, and sourdough is one of them.
An honest comparison
Fornello starter or grow your own?
| Fornello starter | Grow your own | |
|---|---|---|
| First loaf | Usually within 2 to 3 days | First 7 to 14 days of growing |
| You start with | An active culture, dried | Flour, water and waiting |
| The tricky start | Already done | Often goes wrong |
| Instructions | Step by step, by email | Figure it out yourself |
| Help when you're stuck | Via WhatsApp or customer service | Search online yourself |
| Afterwards | Your own starter, for years | Also your own starter, if it works |
Questions about the starter
How much time does it take?+
Most people bake their first loaf within 2 to 3 days. After that you feed the starter every day with water and flour, which takes a few minutes. Not baking every day? Then it can go in the fridge and you feed it less often.
What if I accidentally kill it?+
A starter mainly needs regularity: water, flour and room temperature. Forget a feed once, and it usually gets going again after a few feeds. In doubt? Send us a message on WhatsApp.
Won't my bread be too sour?+
A starter that's ready smells fresh and slightly sour. Bake with it when it has just doubled, because a starter that sits too long gets more sour.
Can I use it in my bread maker?+
Yes, if your machine has a sourdough program. The Fornello Supremo has one.
How long does the starter keep?+
Store the pouch unopened, cool and dry. Once it's active and you feed it well, it lasts for years. Then you have your own everlasting starter.
Does it contain gluten?+
Yes. The starter is made from wheat flour and water, so it contains wheat and gluten. If you eat gluten-free, this starter isn't suitable for you.
How much bread can I bake with it?+
As long as you feed it, you can keep baking. You use part of it for your dough and feed the rest again. How much starter goes into a loaf is in the recipe.
What if it doesn't work?+
Then you're not on your own. Watch the how-to video again, or send us a message via WhatsApp or customer service. We'll help you figure out what's going on.
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Sourdough Starter
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