Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Cuisine: Sourdough Pancakes are a Huge Success
I made sourdough pancakes from my sourdough starter and boy am I impressed! I can say with no doubt that they are the best pancakes I've ever made. They had the perfect texture (light and fluffy) with just the right amount of sweetness and tang. Add to that some real butter and some grade A maple syrup and you have achieved the pinnacle of pancakes. I, my partner, and even my 5-year-old son all ate three of them.
Here was the recipe:
2 c starter
2 T sugar
4 T oo
1 egg
--- mix all that up
--- heat the pan
1 T warm water
1 t baking soda
1/2 t salt
--- mix all that up in a separate bowl
--- just before you cook, add the soda mixture to the starter mixture and fold. The base (baking soda) will react with the lactic acid produced by, in my case, L. Sanfrancisco and make it foam up *a lot*.
--- immediately cook the pancakes
Yum yum yum yum yum! The sourdough starter has already paid off in a big way. I feel like I'm on my way to lots of yummilicious baking. Next I'm going to make sourdough bread. Or maybe sourdough Balut.
Here was the recipe:
2 c starter
2 T sugar
4 T oo
1 egg
--- mix all that up
--- heat the pan
1 T warm water
1 t baking soda
1/2 t salt
--- mix all that up in a separate bowl
--- just before you cook, add the soda mixture to the starter mixture and fold. The base (baking soda) will react with the lactic acid produced by, in my case, L. Sanfrancisco and make it foam up *a lot*.
--- immediately cook the pancakes
Yum yum yum yum yum! The sourdough starter has already paid off in a big way. I feel like I'm on my way to lots of yummilicious baking. Next I'm going to make sourdough bread. Or maybe sourdough Balut.
