This amazing starter traces its roots back to the San Francisco gold rush (really!!) but has been living and mingling with Kensington Markets eclectic denizens for the past several years. It’s been in continuous use since 1850!
This starter makes great bread. See our reviews below!!
Each order includes a packet of dry starter along with detailed instructions for activating and maintaining the starter, as well as links to some great recipes! It’s pretty fool proof and you will be baking amazing loaves in no time.
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We work really hard to keep this incredible starter happy and healthy, and we hope you will love it as much as we do. Happy baking!
New to the world of Sourdough Baking? Please see our article What is a Sourdough Starter (And why you should want one!)
Customer Reviews
Fantastic starter. Comes with instructions that are easy to follow for great active starter
Great starter with excellent instructions!
Hi, I am very pleased with my purchase
from Kensington Market. My starter did exactly what they said it would do and now as of today it is ready for me to bake with it.
Tomorrow will be day 7, but after feeding this morning it doubled, so I’m going to make sourdough waffles or bread. I haven’t decided yet. I admit I’m a little nervous though. Hopefully all will go well.
I must admit I was disappointed after day 7, the feeding process went well but when I mixed the starter with additional flour and water to prepare my loaf , I was getting no rise at all after 6 hours.
I decided to leave it on the counter over night and to my surprise I found a mushroom shaped dough overflowing my bread pan .
I immediately put it in the oven and out cam the most delicious loaf I have ever made .
Not the prettiest, but best tasting for sure .
My starter was up and baking by day 4. It came with detailed instructions and couldnt have been easier to rehydrate.