Sourdough Discard Crumpets

 Do you Sourdough? If you DO sourdough you know there is discard. 

If you were raised like I was, my Mother NEVER threw any food away. Both her and my Dad lived through the Depression, both here in the US and in Europe. It was NOT good times. Whenever I think how hard this pandemic has been, I remember their stories and think.....this is not that bad. Hang in there....We can do this.

To that, I have a VERY hard time throwing any food away. Got some old-ish fruit? Dehydrate it and make fruitcake! Got some juice that's long in the fridge? Concentrate it and add it to your fruitcake! Got some sourdough starter discard? USE it for SOMETHING! Google sourdough discard! Others have similar issues. I ran across this from King Arthur Flour. I tweaked it a bit, but use it to make CRUMPETS! Which are like English Muffins, but MUCH better.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 cup (227g) sourdough starter, unfed/discard - THE TWEAK: Feed it and let it grow for 3-4 hours. This makes it so much fluffier
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Mix fed discard starter with sugar, salt. Tweak - Hold off on the baking soda until you're ready to cook.

 2. Crumpets (like English Muffins) are cooked on a griddle. I have rings (open on both ends) that I use but empty/cleaned tuna fish cans are perfect! Just clean them and take off both sides. 

3. Heat your griddle to medium (about 300 deg if electric) or use a non-stick large pan. You can also use a large cast iron pan.

4. Oil your pan, oil the inside of your rings, and place them in the pan. Now, add a bit of butter inside the rings. mmmmmm butter!

5. NOW add the baking soda! Mix and add this dough to the inside of the rings. Only add to about 1/2 full. They will rise and fluff and make beautiful gaps/holes/pockets on the inside. This will take about 5 min. Once the dough is set - you can tell when they're ready. They're like pancakes, slip the rings off and flip the crumpets.

6.  Cook another 3-4 min and get ready for yummy-ness. Split to see the holes that are ready for butter/jam/peanut butter, etc. You can also toast the split crumpets in the toaster. Mmmmmm.

here are a few pics: