Symbiota
Organic Gluten-free Sourdough Starter
What is a gluten-free sourdough starter?
Gluten-free sourdough starter is a combination of gluten-free flour, water, and a friendly bacteria known as a “starter culture” that helps to create a leavening agent. It is used to make gluten-free sourdough bread and other baked goods. The starter culture helps to break down the starches in the flour, creating a dough that is easier to digest and more flavorful than just using gluten-free flour alone. It also provides a unique flavor and texture to the finished product.
How do I make GF sourdough bread?
Gluten-free sourdough bread is made with a combination of gluten-free flours, such as brown rice, sorghum, millet, buckwheat, potato starch etc, and a sourdough starter. The starter is a combination of activated yeast and bacteria that help to leaven the bread and give it that signature sour flavor.
Symbiota's gluten-free starter is several years old and continuously nurtured for the best GF sourdough bread outcome. This means it is diverse in probiotic bacteria and resilient. When receiving your live sourdough starter, you will need to feed it and it will be ready to bake with within 1-3 days. We also offer a dried starter for those who would like to purchase this starter but not bake with it soon after receiving it.
We feed our GF sourdough starter a combination of brown rice flour, buckwheat, and potato starch so it is already used to a variety of GF flours; making it quick to adapt to its new environment in your house. Gluten-free starters do best when primarily fed organic brown rice flour.
Each starter culture comes with a gluten-free sourdough recipe which requires psyllium husk, potato starch or millet, brown rice flour. We also have buckwheat flour if you'd like to use this as a substitute (it yields a more sour loaf).
What do I receive in my purchase?
- 3-6 tablespoons of GF sourdough starter (or the equivalent in dried format)
- Recipe and instructions
- Aftersales support
Alternatively, you can see our GF sourdough starter kit
****NOTE:
- Baking with gluten-free sourdough starters can be more challenging than glutenous sourdough. If you require support, please email us.
- Please use an urban address where possible.
- Live cultures are couriered out on Mondays & Tuesdays to avoid delays.
Check out our gluten-free sourdough bundle kit
