What to do with unleavened bread dough?

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

Trying to make sourdough bread and have finally got through to the first rising of the actual dough. It has sat there stubbornly for 4.5 hours doing nothing. If it doesnt rise in the next hour or so I'm going to have to turn it into some sort of flat breads I think - but what? have never made any flat breads.

It can take a while for sourdough yeast to get strong enough to rise a whole loaf - although I only need a few spoonfuls of my gunk to make a loaf now.

Was your starter bubbling nicely before you went onto the bread stage?

And don't forget to save a bit for the next loaf!

Flatbreads:

Heat up dry frying pan,

roll out small balls of dough thinly to make circles, shake off all excess flour, chuck onto pan, cook a minute or so till bubbled, turn over and briefly cook other side.

Eat immediately, smothered in butter or with whatever kebab etc, you are making.

They don't keep

It was what I thought was bubbling nicely but perhaps it wasn't enough? It had bubbles all the way through it and quite a few on top. (smelled a bit like bananas!) It didn't look anywhere near as active as when you activate dried yeast.

Hope it rises, not sure that flat breads would go with roasted tomatoes and pasta! I might have to change what we are having tonight. (do have some chicken pieces in freezer, some mozerella and some basil. That would go ok wouldnt it?

If it doesnt work out I'll try again in the summer when the house isn't cold!

I feed mine 1 tsp flour and a dash of water every day until I have a nice spongey gunk.

It does take a few attempts to get a good yeast, and it is much slower than commercial yeast. The air temp will make a difference - any yeast works slower at cooler temperatures, but I understand the yeasts are on the flour as much as in the air.

Did you see my links on the other sourdough thread?

I'll have a look at your links. Thanks I ended up chucking it as it just seemed wrong. not like me to chuck stuff away.

Have you started another?

not yet. I'm going to wait until it warms up a bit. I'm sure I can do this!