1/4 tsp active dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water
3/4 cup water, room temperature
1 tbsp water, room temperature
1 tsp water, room temperature
2 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
A Recipe for
Biga (Universal Starter)
"Public and private food in America has become eatable, here and there extremely good. Only the fried potatoes go unchanged, as deadly as before." |
| Luigi Barzini, 'O America' (1977) |
Food Tip |
Herb Tip |
This Recipe for Biga (Universal Starter) is one of thousands in the Recipes-to-go Dessert Cookbook.
Food Tip |
If you enjoy this Biga (Universal Starter) Recipe - you should enjoy the recipe collections you can find on the websites below:
Shipping is a terrible thing to do to vegetables. They probably get jet-lagged, just like people. |
| Elizabeth Berry |
Fish, to taste right, must swim three times - in water, in butter, and in wine. |
| Polish Proverb |
This is a recipe for Biga (Universal Starter) from the recipe cookbook of Recipes-to-go (Dessert)
We load up on oat bran in the morning so we'll live forever. Then we spend the rest of the day living like there's no tomorrow. |
| Lee Iacocca |
Great eaters and great sleepers are incapable of anything else that is great. |
| Henry IV of France |
The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it. |
| Jackie Gleason |
As the days grow short, some faces grow long. But not mine. Every autumn, when the wind turns cold and darkness comes early, I am suddenly happy. It's time to start making soup again. |
| Leslie Newman |
I envy people who drink -- at least they know what to blame everything on. |
| Oscar Levant |
"Cuisine is both an art and a science: it is an art when it strives to bring about the realization of the true and the beautiful, called le bon (the good) in the order of culinary ideas. As a science, it respects chemistry, physics and natural history. Its axioms are called aphorisms, its theorems recipes, and its philosophy gastronomy." |
| Ginette Olivesi-Lorenzias |
Recipe by: Carol Field - The Italian Baker Stir the yeast into the
warm water and let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes. Stir in the
remaining water and then the flour, 1 cup at a time.
Mix with a wooden spoon for about 3 to 4 minutes.
Remove to a lightly oiled bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and let rise
at a cool room temperature for 6 to 24 hours. The starter will triple
in volume and still be wet and sticky when ready. Cover and
refrigerate until ready to use. When needed, scoop out desired
amount.
Serves: 1
Biga (Universal Starter) Recipe brought to you by Recipes To-Go