Nourishing and delicious sourdough discard crepes that you can whip up quickly for a wholesome breakfast. Simply combine your sourdough starter discard with some eggs and milk. No waiting around for dough to rise. And it can be made no matter how strong and lively your starter is.
You can easily double or triple this recipe so that no mouths need to go unfed. You can also easily shorten the cooking time duration by using multiple skillets simultaneously. That way, you won't need to make pancakes for an hour if you multiply the recipe.
If you don't have 300 grams of sourdough starter easily on hand. Then just feed your starter the standard 100% hydration ratio until you would have enough. For example, 100 gr flour and 100 ml of water or half a cup of flour and half a cup of water.
To your sourdough starter discard, add your two eggs and whisk them well together.
Then slowly add in your milk while you continue to whisk until your batter is about as thin as fresh cream.
Heat up your cast iron skillets so that they are good and hot. This will ensure that nothing will stick. A cold skillet will make your crepes stick to the pan.
Add a little knob of butter to the pan and add enough batter to the pan that when you swirl your batter around, you cover the entire surface of your cast iron skillet. You can also use a spatula for this, but I prefer to swirl my batter, but you choose whichever method you prefer.
You can flip your crepe when you see that the top is almost completely cooked through and the bottom golden brown.
If your bottom gets too dark before the top is cooked through, your heat is too high. If your bottom is still very pale while your top is cooked through, your heat is too low.
After having flipped your crepe, you can allow it to cook for about a minute or so or until the other side is also golden brown.
Notes
If you want to keep your crepes warm while you cook the rest. Then place your crepes on a heat resistant plate, that is resting on top of a pan of boiling water.Some tasty crepe filling ideas:
Powdered sugar with fresh lemon juice
Sliced fruit like strawberries, bananas, apple or any kind of berry