RuggeriItalian Dry Mother Yeast | Dried Wheat Sourdough with Yeast - Bread | Bakery - Tin 200g

I have been trying to perfect my sourdough on and off for a couple of years without any real success. I prepared a new starter following guidelines from a respectable cook book but bought this as a backup in case of failure. My starter was working but I thought I’d try a few spoonfuls of this to help it along. And it did! My starter was soon as lively as ever and smelling delicious - ready for baking. After a couple of bakes that turned out OK (water content needing tweaking a bit) my latest loaf turned out absolutely amazing!! Beautiful crispy crust and soft, slightly chewy texture. It had a mild sour flavour, not too overpowering. My starter is about a month old and in great condition - I store it in the fridge if I’m not baking for a week or so and revive it with flour and a teaspoon of Pasta Madre. Highly recommended.

What’s not to love about this sour dough starter? I absolutely love it, especially as I can make sour dough without killing the starter! Great quality, versatile enough for bread, pizza base, any dough really. The instructions on the pot are in Italian, however you can get a translation online, even in the listing. You use 10% starter to flour, so this was enough for me to make four lots of 500g dough. Great rise and really straight forward, with a long shelf life you just put the lid on and keep in the cupboard until your next loaf. Really love it, as long as this is on sale then I don’t think I’ll ever go back to regular starter!

This is excellent yeast, makes lovely dough, slow rising, but worth the wait. I'll buy this again.

This made a lovely loaf of bread. It was nothing like sour dough bread tastes though.Disappointing as I thought I had found a good way to make sourdough. But it was still a good normal tasting loaf of bread.

I tried this yeast out in my bread machine instead of the usual supermarket dried yeast and it was a revelation! The bread was so well risen and fluffy in addition to a great flavour. Don’t expect sourdough taste though. Definitely worth 5 stars

This product was introduced to me by my lovely daughter-in-law who is Italian. I was amazed at the result of my bread as it was already excellent and I didn't think it could be improved, BUT IT WAS.!! It is now lighter, tastier, better in texture, crunchy on the crust but softer in the middle and it looks wonderful. The dough makes fabulous individual bread rolls, they would win a prize! Thank you Ruggeri😊

This stuff is brilliant. It produces a great tasting loaf with a beautifully light crumb. It goes a long way if you experiment a little:I'd say use 25 g for an overnight rise in the fridge, perhaps even less. I got it going at room temperature for a couple of hours then covered and transferred to the fridge for another 6 hours.50g gives you a quick sourdough style artisan bread in about 3.5 - 4 +hrs. Read the reviews, there are some very useful tips. I used my 'go to bread machine recipe': 300g strong malted seeded flour, 200g strong white, 1.5 tsp salt, 2 tbs light olive oil, 1tbs sugar, 50g of this 'yeast' and 320 ml water. It was all done on ,'Dough' setting until the dough doubled (about 2 hrs), check the window on the bread machine. Knock it down and give a it a quick knead, shape into a rectangle than roll up into a loaf from the shorter side. Make sure you pinch the seam well then put it seam down in a pan lined with baking paper (you need long flaps of paper on either side of the pan for an easier transition from the prooving pan into a hot Duch oven). Cover with cling film and leave it to double (30-45min) than bake in a preheated oven at 225 Celsius for about an hour. I also preheated a Dutch oven (any iron cast pot or Pyrex glass dish will do) for 30 mins before I put the loaf in. Score with sharp knife. Spray with water. Bake it with the lid on for 30min then lid off for another 30min. The bread looked and tasted amazing. Have it a go, you won't be disappointed. Happy Baking!.

The smell of this yeast may seem weird at first but the result is great. My pizza and focaccia have gone on another level now!