Wild Yeast

ELECTRIC SCALE

This may seem obvious: a kitchen scale is essential. You can make bread, even great bread, by relying only on the texture of your batter, but that is often a challenge for a beginner. Using a scale is even more important when you are starting and maintaining a wild yeast starter culture. The recipes in this book are based on a starter that has been hydrated to 100%, which means that it contains the same quantity of water as it does of flour. Because you will need to adhere to this ratio for the recipe to succeed properly, the recipes in this book list the ratios for all ingredients, including the liquid ingredients, in grams. Always begin by weighing all of the ingredients, because even though you can use spoon measurements for ...