How to Freeze a Sourdough Starter (and Keep It Alive While You Are Away)
A week away, a month away, or a whole season: here is how to rest your sourdough starter in the fridge or freezer, and how to wake it back up.
How to Maintain (and Revive) Your Starter
Now that you’ve built your own starter, gotten one from a friend, or bought one from a fellow baker, keeping it alive is the part nobody warns you about enough. I keep mine in the fridge, feed it exactly what I need for whatever I’m baking, and I have never once thrown a spoonful of it in the trash. Here’s exactly how I maintain mine, and how I bring it back when it’s gone further than I meant to let it.
How to Dehydrate (and Rehydrate) Your Starter
Sometimes you end up with more active starter than you actually need. Maybe you planned a big bake and scaled it back, or maybe you’re about to travel for work and won’t be near your kitchen for weeks. Either way, feeding a starter you’re not using, or trusting it to just sit forgotten in the fridge, isn’t your only option. Dehydrating it is, and it’s the method I reach for whenever I know I won’t be baking again soon.
