Do you have a favorite recipe to get rid of a large amount of inactive starter? I have been collecting my discard in the refrigerator and I just have too much
Hi! The majority of the time I store my starter in the fridge so I don't need to feed it that often - this is the number 1 thing to help with the amount of discard. I also don't have a discard jar - I just have a starter jar and I try to use it up between feedings, so when the time comes to feed it again for bread, I don't have to feed it with great amounts of flour and water (and end up with huge amount of starter). But if you do have a lot of discard on hand that you don't want to just throw away, you can use it not just in discard recipes, but as one of the ingredients in your kitchen. For example, if you make something yeasted (I like doing yeasted bread rolls now and then), I'll use it as part of the dough. Or I'll randomly mix it into the pancake/waffle batter - not following a specific discard recipe, but just make my usual batter and add a tbsp or two of discard to it, in my experience, it doesn't change the recipe too much. Or you can use it to thicken sauces or grav instead of just using flour or cornstarch, it works great! As for specific discard recipes: I have a few on my site, but they don't include a crazy amount of discard because realistically, brownies will be better if there's more butter/eggs/cocoa in them than discard right? So I don't like to include too much. The ones that do use a bit more that come to mind are waffles (stretchandfolds.com/sourdough-crispy-waffle-recipe-without-milk/) and crackers (stretchandfolds.com/sourdough-discard-cheese-crackers-recipe/)!
Do you have a favorite recipe to get rid of a large amount of inactive starter? I have been collecting my discard in the refrigerator and I just have too much
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Hi!
The majority of the time I store my starter in the fridge so I don't need to feed it that often - this is the number 1 thing to help with the amount of discard. I also don't have a discard jar - I just have a starter jar and I try to use it up between feedings, so when the time comes to feed it again for bread, I don't have to feed it with great amounts of flour and water (and end up with huge amount of starter).
But if you do have a lot of discard on hand that you don't want to just throw away, you can use it not just in discard recipes, but as one of the ingredients in your kitchen. For example, if you make something yeasted (I like doing yeasted bread rolls now and then), I'll use it as part of the dough. Or I'll randomly mix it into the pancake/waffle batter - not following a specific discard recipe, but just make my usual batter and add a tbsp or two of discard to it, in my experience, it doesn't change the recipe too much. Or you can use it to thicken sauces or grav instead of just using flour or cornstarch, it works great!
As for specific discard recipes: I have a few on my site, but they don't include a crazy amount of discard because realistically, brownies will be better if there's more butter/eggs/cocoa in them than discard right? So I don't like to include too much. The ones that do use a bit more that come to mind are waffles (stretchandfolds.com/sourdough-crispy-waffle-recipe-without-milk/) and crackers (stretchandfolds.com/sourdough-discard-cheese-crackers-recipe/)!