Sourdough Pancakes

Name: Sourdough Pancakes
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup sourdough starter discard; 1 egg; 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 1 tbsp sugar; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda; maple syrup and butter to serve

Tangy, airy pancakes made from sourdough discard — a good use for it on a weekend morning. Stirring in the bicarb right before cooking and watching the batter foam up is what aerates these pancakes, giving them their light, tangy rise instead of a dense, flat texture.

Total time

15 min

Prep

5 min

Cook

10 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

American

vegetarian

Ingredients

1 cupsourdough starter discard

1egg

1 tbspvegetable oil

1 tbspsugar

1/2 tspsalt

1/2 tspbicarbonate of soda

maple syrup and butterto serve

Instructions

Mix sourdough discard, egg, oil, sugar and salt.

Add bicarb and stir — it will foam.

Heat a buttered pan over medium heat.

Pour 1/4 cup per pancake. Cook 2-3 minutes until bubbles form. Flip and cook 1 minute.

Serve with butter and maple syrup.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

Protein

1.6g

Fat

4.6g

Carbs

3.2g

Fiber

Sodium

425mg

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