Class 152: Sourdough Discard Pancakes: The Breakfast That Saves Your Starter
Sourdough discard pancakes for a zero-waste breakfast on Long Island. If you keep a sourdough starter, you know the weekly dilemma: feeding time leaves you with a jar of discard, and throwing it away feels wrong. Good news: that discard is breakfast waiting to happen.
Discard is simply unfed starter, and it still carries all that gentle tang. Whisked into pancake batter, it gives you tender, golden cakes with a depth plain batter cannot match. Three tips for a great batch. First, use discard that smells pleasantly tangy, not sharp. If it smells off, feed your starter first and try tomorrow. Second, keep the batter thick enough to hold its shape on the griddle, and let it rest ten minutes so the flour hydrates. Third, cook on medium heat so the centers set before the outsides darken, and top with fresh fruit, just like the stack in this photo.
No starter of your own yet? Start with our Signature Sourdough Pancake Mix, made with real sourdough starter, and taste what the fuss is about.
Shop our Signature Sourdough Pancake Mix at kearneyfamily.farm.
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Happy Wednesday, friends. Class 152 is all about wasting nothing. Do you keep a sourdough starter, and what do you do with your discard? Tell us below, and shop our Signature Sourdough Pancake Mix at kearneyfamily.farm