Sourdough pancakes

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Prepare all the necessary products. Pay special attention to the starter culture. Here, sourdough is not a fermented milk product that is sold in a store. This is the leaven that is used instead of yeast: it can be made from flour and water itself or bought in dry form and diluted with water. The starter culture is stored in the refrigerator, but before using it, it must be heated to room temperature, so take it out in advance.

2. Step 2:

   

   Also, before using in baking, the starter must be fed with flour. That is, add 1 tablespoon of flour to our starter, mix and leave for 30 minutes. After the specified time, it should start bubbling. I note that not every flour is suitable for baking on sourdough: the flour should not be snow-white (bleached with chlorine), - such flour will not allow the product to rise during baking. The flour should be slightly cream-colored (usually 1-2 grades of flour).

3. Step 3:

   

   In a bowl, mix milk at room temperature, sugar, salt. In confectionery in general, it is very important that all the ingredients when kneading the dough are of the same temperature, which I recommend getting eggs and milk out of the refrigerator in advance.

4. Step 4:

   

   Beat in the egg and stir everything with a whisk.

5. Step 5:

   

   Sift the flour. I recommend not to neglect this process: as a result of sifting, the flour is saturated with oxygen and the finished product turns out to be more airy.

6. Step 6:

   

   Pour in the starter. Mix everything well.

8. Step 7:

   

   Let the dough stand for a while in a warm place so that it also begins to bubble. Now the dough is ready for making pancakes.

9. Step 8:

   

   Heat the frying pan (preferably cast iron) well and lubricate with vegetable oil. For this purpose, you can use a culinary brush, or half an onion or potato.

10. Step 9:

    

    Pour out some dough and tilt the pan to distribute it in a circle. The fire should be medium. Fry the pancake for about 1 minute on one side.

11. Step 10:

    

    Then turn the pancake over and bring it to full readiness. The roasting time on the second side is likely to be less.

12. Step 11:

    

    Put the finished pancake on a plate and brush with butter. Fry all the pancakes in this way.

13. Step 12:

    

    Serve pancakes hot with sour cream, honey and jam. And maybe with caviar. Bon appetit!