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🍽️ Making yeast at home

58 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Choose a clean jar for fermentation. A tall mason jar with a lid or an old milk bottle works well.
  2. 2. Add raisins, sugar, and lukewarm water to the bottle.
  3. 3. Shake the bottle vigorously until the sugar has completely dissolved.
  4. 4. Place the bottle in a warm spot with a temperature between 25 and 35 degrees Celsius.
  5. 5. Place the lid loosely on the bottle.
  6. 6. Let the mixture ferment for 3 to 8 days.
  7. 7. Swirl the bottle at least twice a day.
  8. 8. Open the lid fully for a moment to let the built-up gas escape.
  9. 9. Check after 3 to 8 days if the yeast is ready.
  10. 10. The yeast water is ready when it smells like yeast, bubbling has slowed down, and the raisins have floated to the top.
  11. 11. Pour the yeast water through a sieve to remove the raisins.
  12. 12. Use the yeast water like fresh yeast in your recipe.
  13. 13. Replace the liquid specified in the recipe with the yeast water.
  14. 14. Keep the conversion in mind: 150 milliliters of yeast water equals about 12 grams of fresh yeast or 4 grams of dry yeast for 500 grams of flour.

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