sour

15:19 Oct 2, 2018
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English to French translations [PRO]
Food & Drink
English term or phrase: sour
Il s'agit de l'élaboration de pain au levain

Schéma de production

A traditional three-stage process
mother sponge - starter sour - basic sour - whole sour

sour = sourdough ?

Merci pour vos idées.
Elise Tiberghien
Spain


Summary of answers provided
4starter de levain
HERBET Abel
3levain-chef / levain "tout point"
Johanne Dupuy
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Sourdough
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starter de levain


Explanation:
sourdough starter est l'expression correcte

HERBET Abel
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Native speaker of: French
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neutral  FX Fraipont (X): si la source utilise "starter sour - basic sour - whole sour", "sour" n'est clairement pas "levain chef"....
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  -> Si vous aimez le Franglish alors....
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
levain-chef / levain "tout point"


Explanation:
Décrit 2 étapes de fabrication du levain. Pas entièrement satisfaisant puisque vous en avez 4 mais peut-être une piste ?


    Reference: http://www.terrevivante.org/79-faire-son-levain.htm
Johanne Dupuy
France
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Reference comments


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Reference: Sourdough

Reference information:
Starts at page 85 in the book...I hope this helps.


    https://books.google.fr/books?id=aRSEh1ce8XYC&pg=PA85&lpg=PA85&dq=define+mother+sponge&source=bl&ots=hDiQA5-8zM&sig=DUXJSr0lo-23-Pl-l12YG-M1
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