October 11th, 2010 by PJ Hamel 
What makes sourdough bread rise?
Why, yeast – of course.
But how does sourdough bread rise even when there’s no yeast in the recipe?
Wild yeast – the stuff that’s floating in the air all around us.
After all, our frontier-settling ancestors weren’t packing Fleischmann’s RapidRise in their Conestogas.
They had to rely on their own homemade “brew” of fermenting flour and water, and the wild yeast it attracted: sourdough. Read the rest of this entry » http://www.kingarthurflour.com/blog/page/8/
Recipe: Wild Yeast Baguettes
What makes sourdough bread rise?
Why, yeast – of course.
But how does sourdough bread rise even when there’s no yeast in the recipe?
Wild yeast – the stuff that’s floating in the air all around us.
After all, our frontier-settling ancestors weren’t packing Fleischmann’s RapidRise in their Conestogas.
They had to rely on their own homemade “brew” of fermenting flour and water, and the wild yeast it attracted: sourdough. Read the rest of this entry » http://www.kingarthurflour.com/blog/page/8/
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