starter dough

English

Noun

starter dough (countable and uncountable, plural starter doughs)

(baking) A small amount of "live" dough used in traditional bakery to start the fermentation process necessary for preparing sourdough.

Synonyms

levain
mother dough
mother sponge

Translations

small quantity of dough to start fermentation

Finnish: taikinajuuri, juuri (fi)

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