July 22, 2024 - 8:19am
Using a Double boiler method to speed up Sourdough to rise
I would like to bake bread and managed to get some starter from a bakery.
I am a bit hesitant to purchase a crock pot (which has a warm button) to make my bread rise.
So when i add some flour the night before to get the starter going to make bread, it seems that it takes a long time to show activity.
I saw on the net where the starter was using a double boiler method. Will this method destroy the yeast?
Appreciate your kind help
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It it gets too hot it will wreck the yeast. By double boiler method do you mean setting an upper pan on top of a lower one filled with boiling water? That would be way too hot.
You don't need a heated environment to make bread rise. Some breads may benefit from different fermentation temperatures but mostly not. If you are just starting out, certainly not unless your bread work area is very unusually cold.
TomP
Thank you TomP actually thats what i meant, saw some thing on the net.
But thank you all for trying to help me, i read somewhere on TFL about putting it in the microwave oven and putting hot water in a cup beside the starter.
Cannot remember whose suggestion it was and i just tried it and it worked well. Thank you
Thank you TomP and all the members of the TFL team for all the continuous help and support! Very grateful!
$15 at Walmart and a soft sided or styrofoam cooler. For my yogurt each week I get the heating pad going on high then when I place the jars in I set it on medium. Works perfectly every week.
For starter the Microwave with door ajar and light on ( incandescent) works plenty warm enough.
For bulk rise or proofing shaped loaves the heating pad on low is plenty warm. Good luck
Thank you very much Trailrunner and Davey1 for your help. Yes the double boiler method is not a good option.
The heating pad was another option i had in mind or a crock pot. But so far the microwave idea of keeping hot water in a jar next to the starter is working well - fingers crossed.
Thank you again for all the help.
Whatever works
A double boiler is to much - room temp is fine and can be controlled. Enjoy!