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5.0 out of 5 stars Great culture but bread a challenge
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5.0 out of 5 stars Treat your sourdough culture like a friend.
I made my first Sourdough loaf using the San Francisco culture and it came out well and tastes so good. A local farm makes a soft cheese from raw milk called St Jude. A slice of Sourdough, spread with butter & St Jude cheese is in my opinion perfection.The culture is easy to use, smells sweet and works well. I highly recommend it.
5.0 out of 5 stars Best starter ever!
Really good. The best I have ever purchased. Two feed cycles and it's working fantastically - superb results with great loaves.
5.0 out of 5 stars Best Sourdough Ever...by a great margin
Well packaged starter arrived promptly; two days of feeding and it was ready to go. Followed the three day San Francisco sourdough recipe (provided by an on line link) with great intrepidation and little hope of success....using just 5 grammes of starter for 600 grammes of strong flour! No kneading and little intervention required. Hands did not have to touch the dough at any time. Turned out to be the easiest bread making ever. Result was a loaf with a crisp crust, great and light texture with great cohesion and the most amazing sharp finish. By far the best I have ever made....and I have been on French Breadmaking courses. So good I have just ordered another batch for delivery to a good friend.
1.0 out of 5 stars There is no fermentation with this product
Quality and functionality of this product is very low grade. It’s been more than a week I am feeding this starter exactly as the instruction says but there is no any improvement . I made my own starter with rye bread as the same time I ordered this sanfransisco fresh starter and my own make fermenting really well but no bubble or increasing in size of the sanfransisco starter . It was quite pricy and now I am using it there is no way I can returned it back. . It was waste of money
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect; for cheapos like me, split it several times!
Definitely got me started (ha ha) with a proper sourdough culture. I have used about 1/4 of it each time I mess up the starter and have to start over again, so this one package stayed in the freezer and made me 4 sourdough starters....that I managed to keep alive/happy for a good 2-3 baking sessions each
3.0 out of 5 stars read instructions online first
read instructions online before buying and only found out too late it needs stored in the fridge. had checked the packing when it arrived but there are no instructions, only when I went to use it and found the full instructions did I find my error. It didn't work so don't buy unless you have time cleared to use it
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Bread Starter
The liquid bread starter is absolutely amazing. Easy to use and been a money saver making our own bread.
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Freshly Fermented – Organic Certified Sourdough Culture, San Francisco Style
AED11665
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Freshly Fermented – Organic Certified Sourdough Culture, San Francisco Style
AED11665
Quantity:
Order today to get by 7-14 business days
Delivery fee of AED 20. Free for orders above AED 200.
Imported From: United Kingdom
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Description:
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great culture but bread a challenge
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5.0 out of 5 stars Treat your sourdough culture like a friend.
I made my first Sourdough loaf using the San Francisco culture and it came out well and tastes so good. A local farm makes a soft cheese from raw milk called St Jude. A slice of Sourdough, spread with butter & St Jude cheese is in my opinion perfection.The culture is easy to use, smells sweet and works well. I highly recommend it.
5.0 out of 5 stars Best starter ever!
Really good. The best I have ever purchased. Two feed cycles and it's working fantastically - superb results with great loaves.
5.0 out of 5 stars Best Sourdough Ever...by a great margin
Well packaged starter arrived promptly; two days of feeding and it was ready to go. Followed the three day San Francisco sourdough recipe (provided by an on line link) with great intrepidation and little hope of success....using just 5 grammes of starter for 600 grammes of strong flour! No kneading and little intervention required. Hands did not have to touch the dough at any time. Turned out to be the easiest bread making ever. Result was a loaf with a crisp crust, great and light texture with great cohesion and the most amazing sharp finish. By far the best I have ever made....and I have been on French Breadmaking courses. So good I have just ordered another batch for delivery to a good friend.
1.0 out of 5 stars There is no fermentation with this product
Quality and functionality of this product is very low grade. It’s been more than a week I am feeding this starter exactly as the instruction says but there is no any improvement . I made my own starter with rye bread as the same time I ordered this sanfransisco fresh starter and my own make fermenting really well but no bubble or increasing in size of the sanfransisco starter . It was quite pricy and now I am using it there is no way I can returned it back. . It was waste of money
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect; for cheapos like me, split it several times!
Definitely got me started (ha ha) with a proper sourdough culture. I have used about 1/4 of it each time I mess up the starter and have to start over again, so this one package stayed in the freezer and made me 4 sourdough starters....that I managed to keep alive/happy for a good 2-3 baking sessions each
3.0 out of 5 stars read instructions online first
read instructions online before buying and only found out too late it needs stored in the fridge. had checked the packing when it arrived but there are no instructions, only when I went to use it and found the full instructions did I find my error. It didn't work so don't buy unless you have time cleared to use it
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Bread Starter
The liquid bread starter is absolutely amazing. Easy to use and been a money saver making our own bread.
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