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sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Tue May 05, 20 8:13 am Post subject: Fresh yeast
Can you freeze fresh yeast? Thanks

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Tue May 05, 20 8:55 am Post subject:
Yes. Faster the better, but it's fine.

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Tue May 05, 20 9:38 am Post subject:
Thanks Nick.

grainknot

Joined: 26 Mar 2021
Posts: 11

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 21 1:56 pm Post subject: also
make sure it's well sealed to prevent freezer burn! Best to freeze in smaller blocks and defrost - it keeps for a week or so in fridge. Make sure you have a piece of kitchen paper lining a tupperware and don't put the lid on tightly. I'm a bit of bread geek and used to work in a sourdough bakery. Any bread questions - happy to answer!

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46207
Location: yes

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 21 4:07 pm Post subject: Re: also

grainknot wrote:

make sure it's well sealed to prevent freezer burn! Best to freeze in smaller blocks and defrost - it keeps for a week or so in fridge. Make sure you have a piece of kitchen paper lining a tupperware and don't put the lid on tightly.

I'm a bit of bread geek and used to work in a sourdough bakery. Any bread questions - happy to answer!

cool and quite hot and in-between at times, i like making sourdough stuff but have a patchy success rate

flat breads, pizza bases etc are am ok with, the sourdough based pancakes are time and labour expensive and awesome

my paris style for a baton or steppes breads are less popular with folk who like eating

yeasts are pretty tough, even straying from ideal storage might have enough survivors to be useful with some tlc

the yeast/bacteria cultures for proper sourdoughs are robust, i have resurected olaf(a wild caught in an orchard one) from fridge sludge for years
wash and feed a small "cleanish" sample he seems to bounce back

i have not tried the one batch to the next using a dough lump as a new starter but i have had a constant starter in the active mode
i recon a small ex jam jar or two is very domestic kit

active and live in a posted jiffy bag can make a parcel grow

sorry nick, i forgot it does fizz even if a bit subdued

grainknot

Joined: 26 Mar 2021
Posts: 11

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 21 8:51 am Post subject: Re: also

dpack wrote:

i like making sourdough stuff but have a patchy success rate

that's what I love about sourdough, no two bakes are the same. Timings - unless you're in a controlled bakery environment - are broadly irrelevant.

It's definitely baking by feel and eye.

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Posts: 6612
Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 21 11:06 am Post subject: Re: also

grainknot wrote:

I'm a bit of bread geek and used to work in a sourdough bakery. Any bread questions - happy to answer!

I think my repeating this almost made Mrs Slim interested in downsizer...

grainknot

Joined: 26 Mar 2021
Posts: 11

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 21 3:58 pm Post subject: Re: also

Slim wrote:

I think my repeating this almost made Mrs Slim interested in downsizer...

Never a bad thing!

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