Seed Culture, Phase 1 (Day 1
First stage of building a seed culture: combine flour and pineapple juice and let rest for 48 hours.
Ingredients
whole wheat flour (whole rye flour, or unbleached bread flour)
3½ tablespoons (1 oz / 28.5 g)
unsweetened pineapple juice (filtered water, or spring water)
¼ cup (2 oz / 56.5 g)
Instructions
1
Mix
In a small nonreactive bowl or 2-cup glass measuring cup, stir the flour and juice together with a spoon or whisk to make a paste or sponge with the consistency of thin pancake batter. Make sure all of the flour is hydrated.
2
Ferment
Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and leave it at room temperature for 48 hours. Two to three times each day, stir the seed culture for about 10 seconds with a wet spoon or whisk to aerate it. There will be few or no bubbles (indicating fermentation activity) during the first 24 hours, but bubbles may begin to appear within 48 hours.
