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Sourdough Pancake & Waffle with a Starter Recipe
Makes about a dozen 6 inch pancakes. |
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This recipe comes from the Old Town Bread &
Breakfast Inn, Eureka, CA. From the
inn keeper: The older the sourdough starter, the better. Flavor
develops with age! My starter is currently 22 years old. I begged for it
from another innkeeper in Lake County -- on my knees! He relented and gave
me some to bring home and use myself. |
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1/2 cup sourdough starter |
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2 eggs |
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1 Tablespoon sugar |
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2 teaspoons baking soda (For waffles, use 1 teaspoon
soda) |
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2 cups buttermilk |
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2 cups flour |
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1/2 teaspoon salt |
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1/4 cup oil |
Let starter sit at room temperature overnight. Sift dry ingredients. Combine
eggs, buttermilk and oil with starter. Mix in dry ingredients until just
blended. Cook on a waffle iron or prepared griddle over medium heat.
Sourdough Starter
If you are lucky enough to be gifted with a good sourdough starter,
treasure it! If not, you can start your own:
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2 cups milk |
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2 cups unbleached flour |
Mix milk and flour with a wooden spoon in a 2-quart nonmetallic container
(sterilized with boiling water). Cover with lid slightly ajar and let stand
overnight in a warm place (75 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit) until the start bubbles
and has a sour smell. It starter turns color, or mold appears, throw it out
and start again! If the above process does not work, substitute buttermilk
for whole milk and add 1 teaspoon dry yeast and 1 teaspoon sugar. Never store
starter in a metal container or use a metal spoon to stir. After the starter is
fermented, it should be kept in the refrigerator. Before using, stir in the
liquid that has collected on top. After each use, replenish with 1 cup each of
flour and milk. If you do not use the starter for 10 days, or it fails to rise
properly, pour out half and replenish with flour and water (you may wish to
sterilize the starter container). Let the starter sit at room temperature,
lightly covered, overnight before refrigerating.
From 1st Traveler's Choice Internet Cookbook. (www.virtualcities.com)
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