Bakery Bits is the exclusive stockist of this world-famous starter outside the US. Sourdough "starter", "leaven", "levain" or "mother" is a flour-based mix containing wild yeasts that give sourdough bread its distinctive, sophisticated flavour. San Francisco has a unique wild yeast, Lactobacillus Sanfrancisco, which imparts a much sought-after flavour desired by bread bakers the world over. Once you have your starter, it will, if correctly fed and watered, last indefinitely. Indeed, it will develop more complex flavours over time.
In early California, sourdough was as much part of the gold rush of 1849 as gold itself. Travelling throughout the West in the back-packs of miners and settlers, it eventually found its home in San Francisco. The air in the Golden Gate region enhanced the bread made there with a wonderfully distinctive taste, thanks to Lactobacillus Sanfrancisco. With Goldrush Sourdough starter it is easy to create the tangy flavour and hearty aroma of sourdough bread anywhere in the world.
This sachet allows you to quickly create your own sourdough starter, based on the same wild yeast that the early California goldrush settlers of 1849 discovered. Create your own artisan bread sourdough starter. Suitable for use in bread machines too. See our blog for help to look after your starter.