Need help with Keto Sourdough bread?

(Dirty Lazy Keto'er, Sucralose freak ;)) #1

Or should I say, finding a good Keto Sourdough bread tutorial.

I found some vids on YouTube, but one didn’t use a Sourdough starter, so I don’t trust that it would taste like actual Sourdough…
Another skipped straight to… “And now you mix in your starter” …wait ! Back up a minute !
Others were also gluten free, which I personally am not worried about.

I just want a great tasting, very low carb Sourdough bread recipe. I don’t mind if it takes a week for a good sourdough bread starter…

Anyone doing this ???

(Dirty Lazy Keto'er, Sucralose freak ;)) #2

I’m beginning to think this might not be possible :frowning: As I’ve spent 30 minutes looking to find a Keto Sourdough recipe, with no luck :frowning:

(KCKO, KCFO 🥥) #3

Since gluten isn’t an issue for you, why not try it. Here is one of the best sites for sour dough information. https://breadtopia.com/sourdough-starter-videos/

I suggest you use the ancient grains, like spelt or my favorite stone ground organic Einkorn flour The wheat flours at your local grocery has been altered so much it basically has no nutrition in it. This flour bothered me less than any other of the alternative wheat strains. It made wonderfully rich flavored sour dough starter. You can get it at Breadtopia website and some other sources. I trusted Breadtopia, so I always ordered from them.

I still have some dried starter tucked away in case I ever lose my mind and try to do the breads I love so much again. I think my healthy body is gonna win out, but JIK, I have some saved.

There are few pleasures richer than a hot loaf of sour dough you crafted yourself. Good luck with it.

Once you try using just the wheat flour, you might want to mix in some nut flour to see if you can cut back the carbs a bit. As long as you have a slightly higher carb allowance and gluten doesn’t bother you, a slice here and there should be ok. But I sure couldn’t stop at one slice, I am a breadaddict working on year 4 of :baguette_bread: sobriety.

Happy Baking.

(Dirty Lazy Keto'er, Sucralose freak ;)) #4

Well, gluten isn’t a problem for me, but carbs totally are. I think the ancient grains you mentioned still have some carbs ?
My choices are pretty much, Vital Wheat Gluten, oat fiber, almond meal, and coconut meal.
My GF actually found a recipe for a sourdough starter, and then another recipe for sourdough bread. So we are going to start the starter Friday… Then hopefully it will be ready next Weds or Thursday, so we can try to do Keto Sourdough. If it works, I will post links to the recipes, and photos :slightly_smiling_face:

(Full Metal KETO AF) #5

I’ve done a considerable amount of bread baking for myself and a busy breakfast/lunch restaurant. Sour dough needs starch to ferment. That’s what the yeast live on. So you have to use regular wheat flour to make it or an heirloom variety like @collaroygal suggested. That’s why you can’t find a keto version, because sourdough bread isn’t keto. :cowboy_hat_face:

#6

I used to bake sourdough bread and you need flour to start the starter and continue feeding your culture. Also sourdough bread is a three-day process that takes a lot of love and care. Knowing the numbers of how much starter you need to make a loaf of bread, I can’t imagine the small size of bread that would fit keto carb standards. Like macarons, some things can’t be ketofied. :slight_smile:

I can check in my sourdough group for recipes from people who baked without gluten, if you’d like some ideas.

#7

I loved baking & I loved good sourdough but tending to the starter was a pretty tedious task - not something I’d bother with for anything less than a real sourdough.

(Dirty Lazy Keto'er, Sucralose freak ;)) #8

Thanks all. David, unfortunately, I think your right. But my GF did find this one thing talking about using coconut flour, which is not starchy, for the starter ? Still, I can’t imagine that being the same species of bug, with the same taste, of the sourdough we would like… We might give it a shot though.

(KCKO, KCFO 🥥) #9

Well if you try making a starter from coconut flour, please report back here if it worked. I’d like to know if it would work but don’t want to devote time to nurturing a culture currently, my plate is pretty full as it is.

(Dirty Lazy Keto'er, Sucralose freak ;)) #10

Will do :slight_smile:

I hear you on time… But my GF has always been a baker, and is excited to try it, so I’m just gonna’ step back and let her go :slight_smile:

(Diane) #11

Yes, please!

#12

I just remembered a lot of bakers from my group stepped up the game a notch or two and started making the sourdough starters from water kefir pearls and/or ferment water. Maybe you can try using that?

(Dirty Lazy Keto'er, Sucralose freak ;)) #13

Okay cool. So that sounds like a 3rd option, after coconut flour and almond meal… Something has to work, right ? :slight_smile: