starter dough

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Noun

starter dough (countable and uncountable, plural starter doughs)

1. (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)