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Sourdough Bread
To the sourdough starter
Add:
3 c lukewarm water
1 c white flour
1 c wheat flour
1 c semolina flour
Put in a non metal bowl, cover loosely.
Let sit 6-8 hours or over night in warm place.
REMEMBER TO TAKE OUT SOME STARTER BEFORE MAKING INTO DOUGH

To the rest of the starter add
4 c flour (you can add anything you want, rye or buckwheat flour, you can add oats, too, if you don’t want the bread too dense, it should be at least 2 cups white)
½ c gluten flour
1 T salt
Knead the dough and add flour until the dough stops sticking to the board and your hands during kneading.
Put it in a lightly oiled bowl and let rise for 1.5-2 hrs or until roughly double.
Flatten the dough (don’t knead).
Shape the loaves (this should make 2 loaves).
Let rise again same as above.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees
Bake for 15-20 mins, turn down to 375 bake for another 15-20 min.

A good recipe. You have to be ready to experiment with it. I ve been making sour dough pita bread on the oven stone lately (a gesture of solidarity with our arabic spring comrades, although i'm really pretty much in mufti). Got a great sourdough cracker recipe too if you're interested (requires a pasta roller gizmotron, but you could gut it out with a pin and some shoulder work).

I made a 4 Lb. wheel of raw cow milk Romche (Romano/Cheddar) today, between gardening and plumbing and data collection. Permissive California milk standards rock! (as long as there's good regulation of quality by somebody)

I am trying to 'be the trouble I want to see in the world' (S. Vicious quotes M. Gandi?).

Food.