March 1, 2009 - 5:36pm
Suggestions for Using Up Excessive Amounts of Sourdough Starter
I have close to 3000 grams of the sourdough starter, 100% hydration as per gaaarp's recipe. It is lovely and has been growing healthily for a month now (thank you gaaarp). I have not discarded any of it at my last feeding and now have to deal with this abundance.
I will be very happy if you can lead me to some good rustic recipes that call for large amounts of starter.
Thank you all in advance.
Gosia
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SD English Muffins (per recipe on this site) and King Arthur's SD Waffles (their site) come to mind.
I used some of mine to make SD pancakes... Unfortunately I used krusteaz Pancake Mix as my base...
I am going to search this site for a good homemade pancake mix. If anyone knows one, please let us know...
Dennis
http://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/5509/tasty-wholegrain-pancake-mix
This a mix I just saw posted but it needs to be converted to sourdough. I'm sure it can be done easily as pancakes are so forgiving.
There was a pancake recipe posted of on, you guessed it, pancake day very recently:
http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2009/02/24/sourdough-pancakes/
There's also a recipe for english muffins on that site too.
It's a small world. Just this morning, we were snowed in, so we decided to take the time to make a real breakfast. I pulled some old excess starter from the back of the fridge. It was about half whole wheat and half white, and was at least three months old. I poured off the hootch, stirred in an egg, because I had one left in the carton, added about two teaspoons of honey, and thinned the mixture with milk until it was a good pancake batter consistency. I probably had 2 1/2 cups of batter. I added 1/2 tsp of baking soda, and let the mixture start to bubble while I heated the skillet.
The pancakes were great. Next time, I'd add a little salt, though.
Dave
for all the suggestions. Waffles were heavenly and I am nicely surprised how well they freeze. This assures luxury breakfasts made in no time for a few good weeks now. The English muffin recipe is the next one to try.
Again, thank you for your help.
Gosia