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Who said sourdough is limited to bread? Sourdough starter is not only used for making fluffy bread and focaccia, but it is also incredibly good for making many doughy treats for your brunch party.
Leftover sourdough discard can be used in many ways to make something for dinner and brunch. By adding a little bit of this discard to your pancake or cupcake mix, you can form many different recipes with the flavours of sourdough.
Anything that uses a dough or dough batter can be mixed with sourdough to get a rich, fluffy texture better than the original recipe. Check out these interesting ideas to use up your leftover sourdough discard and don't let it go to waste.
Sourdough Pancakes
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Sourdough starter added to pancakes makes them fluffy and delicious savoury. When paired with classic ingredients like cinnamon, nutmeg and sugar, these pancakes taste much better than the traditional recipe.
Sourdough Muffins
Sourdough muffins, whether sweet or savoury, bring a festive vibe to the table. When making it sweet, include lots of seasonal fruits and flavours, and when making it savoury, add chopped vegetables and herbs to give it a summer-special vibe.
Sourdough Waffles
Similar to pancakes, sourdough starter added to waffle batter makes them fluffy and so indulging. It goes brilliantly with sweet as well as salty ingredients to make a special brunch treat. Add yoghurt or cream cheese to it for more flavour.
Sourdough Biscuits
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How about some flaky biscuits to hold up different dips and salads? Biscuits made with sourdough are not just extremely flaky and crispy, it is also loaded with flavour to pair with the various dips and salads available on the menu. Also, you can use it to make eggs benedict.
Sourdough Pizza
When talking about dough, how can you skip pizza? If you love a flaky crust with no bland flavour, start adding the sourdough starter to your pizza dough and see how it brings a new flavour and texture to pizza. After making pizza dough like this, you’ll never turn back to the old ways.
Sourdough Doughnuts
Doughnuts with sourdough might sound a bit adventurous, but trust the process! The savoury taste of sourdough when combined with the sweet ingredients of doughnuts creates a heavenly bite with the fluffiest texture you’ve ever experienced in a classic doughnut.
Sourdough Bagel
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Why not make a bagel with sourdough? Sourdough bagels taste incredibly good when you're looking to make some sandwiches or burgers, or pairing them with a dip. Sour Punch starter makes it soft, chewy and easy to rise overnight.
Don't let your sourdough discards go to waste, instead use it to make these amazing recipes for breakfast and brunch.
