Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

Massa Mãe

English translation:

Sourdough/mother dough/leaven/dough starter

Added to glossary by Heloisa Xavier
May 2, 2009 22:22
15 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

Massa Mãe

Portuguese to English Other Cooking / Culinary food, food engineering
This is for a food provider website. The whole text involves food and their ingredients. Massa M�e is one of them, and I understand the meaning, but would like someone, specially someone in Portugal, to help me with its equivalent in English.
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May 2, 2009 22:44: Fernanda Rocha changed "Term asked" from "Massa M�e" to "Massa Mãe"

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Portuguese term (edited): Massa M�e
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Sourdough/mother dough/leaven/dough starter

The term in English is sourdough, but apparently they also refer to it as mother though.

sourdough: Definition from Answers.comsourdough ( )
n. Sour fermented dough used as leaven in making bread. An early settler or prospector, especially in Alaska and northwest Canada.
www.answers.com/topic/sourdough
http://padariamaracy.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/fermento-natur...

sua famosa padaria até hoje manda, de avião, pães “au levain” para vários lugares do mundo- e se aventurar em casa produzindo sua própria massa mãe (ou massa madre, ou levain…).

Mother dough - Patent EP0676142... in many countries and are referred to, for example, by such terms as sponge and dough, mother leaven, sour dough, sauerteig or masa madre process. ...
www.freepatentsonline.com/EP0676142.html

Par que mejore el resultado mio,he empezado su "leaven" la masa madre. Era un poco duro, aunque el sabor era delicioso. Este pan suyo y la foto, ...
madridtienemiga.blogspot.com/2009/03/knackebrod.html

cafetito - recetas marujita - Punto de encuentro - [ Translate this page ]7 posts - 6 authors
Aclaración de Andorra2004: leaven se refiere a masa madre. Autora: Cris G Panificadora: Bifinett KH 2232 (la del Lidl) Tipo de pan: Pan blanco normal ...
cafetito.mforos.com/228999/6400725-recetas-marujita/ - 60k

Science of Bread: Berkeley Sourdough BreadSourdough Starter. The same "Mother Dough" (sourdough starter) has been used at Boudin Bakery in San Francisco, CA since 1849. ...
www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/bread/recipe-berkeley.html - ]
mother dough | The Fresh Loaf1 post - Last post: 28 Sep 2008
News and Information for Amateur Bakers and Artisan Bread Enthusiasts.
www.thefreshloaf.com/keyword/motherdough-0




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Note added at 57 mins (2009-05-02 23:19:38 GMT)
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oops, ...above, it should have read "but they also refer to it as "mother dough"...

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-05-02 23:22:44 GMT)
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Différences entre "poolish", "levain", "levain de pâte" et "pâte fermentée".
Differences between "poolish", "leaven"...


http://aux-fours-a-pain.aceboard.fr/20063-2258-7399-0-Levain...


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Cómo hacer pan con masa madre - How to make sourdough bread - a ...Cómo hacer pan con masa madre. How to make sourdough bread. Cómo hacer pan con masa madre (blog). 16 photos | 1205 views. items are from 09 Dec 2007. ...
www.flickr.com/photos/7394371
Peer comment(s):

agree rhandler
1 hr
thanks, rhandler:)
agree Claudio Mazotti : I have constantly found "starter" in most recipes.
1 hr
Thanks, Claudio:)
agree Fernando Domeniconi
1 hr
Thanks, Fernando:)
agree Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães : I've heard "mother sponge" as well :)
4 hrs
Thanks, fvasconcelos:). I found sth similar as well.Have a great Sunday!
agree Luiz Solha
8 hrs
Thanks, Luiz:).Have a great Sunday!
agree airmailrpl : -
8 hrs
Thanks, airmailrpl:).Have a great Sunday!
agree Isabel Maria Almeida
11 hrs
Thanks, Isabel:). Have a great Sunday!
agree Drykka
1 day 47 mins
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks, Bentevi! =)"
53 mins

Poolish dough

Ver os sites abaixo.

http://cybercook.terra.com.br/olha-ai-o-pao-tininha-forum.ht...

http://mightymuffinblog.com/2008/03/27/san-francisco-baking-...

Pouliche
A pouliche (French spelling) or poolish is a form of pre-fermentation which gives bread a richer taste.
When a baker makes bread, there are several ways to begin. The most conventional is to mix yeast with warm water and sugar and when it is dissolved to add it to the flour and other ingredients in the bread recipe. There are several forms of prefermentation which, by allowing the yeast to develop before being added to the other ingredients, create a richer and more complex taste in the bread when it is baked
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9 hrs

starter

There is an organic sourdough bakery in the village where I live and the baker always refer to the mother starter as the starter.

Maybe he is just being lazy? On the other hand, we buy organic cider vinegar with 'the mother'...
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