I need a new sourdough recipe

[425lisamarie]

Ok, so I make sourdough, but I buy $5 loaves from the bakery cause they are so dang good! VERY sour, tangy and oh so creamy. I make a good loaf, but it's never sour enough?! WHy?

Also, I like to make dough at night, let rise, let rise the second time in the pans in the fridge over night, then bake fresh in the morning. I've done it this way, and with a normal second rise in a warm place, and it's the same sourness so it can't be that.

So care to share your recipe?

[moonlightinvt]

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[cloudswinger]

Did you try a longer rise time? Or keep it out of the fridge? My understanding was that the longer the rise time, the more sour it'd be. But I think it also depends on the yeast you have and your general environment. Like I could buy San Francisco sourdough starter, but it'd taste totally different here in Florida.

[Ravin]

I would ask the bakery if you could buy some sourdough starter from them.

[newcastlemama]

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[ladywolf]

Do you use just four, water, starter, and salt? This will bring out more of the sour flavor, any additions will sour it. Also, adding a bit of beer will make it more sour as well