Mona wrote:
> Has anyone ever made Broa with a sourdough starter?
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According to my mother - who was born and raised in Portugal - my
grandmother and her sister made it using some of the dough from the
previous week's bread baking - my great aunt was the "keeper"; she kept
it in a dark cupboard in her home. My mother never had an interest in
bread baking, so that's all I know. I have no idea if this was an actual
starter which was kept fed or or simply a preferment that she held on to.

The only other piece of information I have is that during WWII and the
shortage of wheat, my grandmother used rye flour.

I'm still contemplating on venturing into sourdough - guess I should
just bite the bullet and try :-)