Comment on Easiest GF Sourdough Starter by Chantal.
Hi Moriah! After the 7 days, if you feel that you’ve achieved a good level of activity and your starter seems ready, you can store it in the fridge. Ideally, baking with some would be great but if you can’t just yet, remember to take it out of the fridge to refresh it with some flour and water at least once per week to keep it thriving. If your starter is very new, I feel it would be best to remove some starter from the jar first and then feed it. When refreshing a starter, you can leave it out at room temperature for a few hours and once you see the bubbles forming again and you know you can’t use some in a bread recipe just yet, return it to the fridge. I hope this helps.
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Hi Helen! I’m just seeing your questions now. Not sure what you decided to do but yes, in a pinch you could feed your starter a different gluten-free flour such as white rice flour or sorghum. I would probably choose sorghum first as it too works very well to create a GF sourdough starter.
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Hi Sarah! Of course, you can! Other GF flours that work well for GF sourdough starters are sorghum flour, light buckwheat flour (or freshly milled buckwheat groats), millet, GF oat, and grain-free cassava flour. I’ve tried with many other GF flours, such as teff (great for Injera), dark buckwheat, green banana flour, etc., but those flours tend to require more attention to maintain.
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Hi! No, no. Don’t worry, it’s ok! You could also increase the flour and water to a little more too if you want. I would keep going, I wouldn’t start over. See how it’s doing in a couple of days.
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