Sourdough starter, an alchemy of flour ... If you are only making bread occasionally, you will still need to feed the starter weekly. It is not unusual for the starter to have some liquid around ...
Day 5 You should now have a starter with plenty of small bubbles. It should also have a more pleasant, but still acidic, aroma. Again, discard half of the starter and feed it as per the previous days.
Instead, it uses a ‘starter’ – a fermented ... “According to some studies, sourdough bread acts as a prebiotic, which means that the fibre in the bread helps feed the “good” bacteria ...