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What Is Leaven and How Can I Use It?

Leaven is easier to cook with than it looks. Here's how to choose, use, and store it, what to substitute, and 2 recipes to get you started.

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In Chinese
British (UK) term
Leaven
en français
levain
en español
levadura

Recipes using leaven

There are 2 recipes that contain this ingredient.

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Green Pepper Bread

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Green peppercorn bread: a rustic German rye and wheat sourdough flavored with green peppercorns soaked in apple juice. Earthy, fragrant, faintly peppery, made the traditional leavened way.

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