Creator: Sharon A. Kane

Gluten Free Sourdough Starter recipe

Sharon A. Kane
Sharon A. Kane April 6, 2010

Hi All,
I've formatted my Gluten Free Sourdough Starter recipe into a free easy-to-follow PDF. This is a natural starter, no yeast needed. The PDf also includes my recipe for gluten free pancakes that are also dairy and egg free.
Here is the link: http://www.sanctuary-healing.com/food-recipes.html

If you try it and have questions or comments share them here and we'll discuss it.

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Bonnie Presti
Bonnie Presti May 30, 2010 15:48
Re: Gluten Free Sourdough Starter recipe

Hi Sharon
This sounds wonderful and I'm dying to try it. I'd like to get clarification on a couple things.
1. The recipe seems to state that ANY fermented drink (water kefir, kombucha, etc) is ok to use. Can you please confirm that it is OK to use a commercial brand of Kombucha Tea INSTEAD of the water kefir? If so , that would be a great time saver.
2. Can I substitute my rice sourdough starter in a standard sourdough recipe or are other changes needed?

Sharon A. Kane
Sharon A. Kane June 7, 2010 12:00
Re: Gluten Free Sourdough Starter recipe

HI Bonnie,
1. I believe you could use a commercial brand of Kombucha Tea as long as you believe it's live and not pasteurized in any way. I find the kombucha takes a day or two longer than water kefir to get bubbly but works just the same.
2. I have tried to substitute my rice sourdough for standard wheat sourdough recipes and ended up with many disasters. I spent a year experimenting and finally came up with a technique that is very dependable. My book, The Art of Gluten Free Sourdough Baking, is based on that technique and produces breads that I've been extremely happy with. I found that gluten free sourdough starter and bread needs to be treated quite a bit differently than standard sourdough.

Here is the link that explains the book a bit more.
http://www.sanctuary-healing.com/food-as-medicine.html#gluten

Thanks,
sharon

Bonnie Presti
Bonnie Presti June 11, 2010 18:37
Re: Gluten Free Sourdough Starter recipe

Thanks, Sharon! I'm going to give it a try, hopefully later this month, if I can find the time :)

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