Blinis with amaranth flour, 1° attempt

[mabar]

I had not found yet buckwheat around, so I made some blinis with amaranth flour, at first it did not worked, I mean, I put plenty of pork’s lard (it is the only available around here) as the recipe mention, BUT it mixed with the mixture, so I took it away from the heat and mixed it along with the rest of the mixture and I added certain amount more of amaranth.

At the end, I got 6 of 5 inches diameter cracker like-blinis. Cracker because I left them at the stove for a while (like 15 minutes each!) at low flame until they were well cooked.

It takes for amaranth flour more time to be cooked. I had tried before making chocolate muffins with amaranth flour and they did not came well, I mixed them again with an egg and more amaranth (not flour) and made them cookies.

I was avoiding doing them because I do not like food swiming in fat, from pretty bad experiences –of course in those experiences the fat was beyond recognition and from dobious origin and they had been also bad experiences involving fat and emotions in conflict.

Even when this blinis came out …differently. I will do more experiments until I got them right and then I can post here the recipe.

One marvelous thing was that I ate 2 for breakfast with refried beans and I was not hungry until dinner time … :D

mabar

 

[mabar]

Well, I had not reach yet to the right formula, in the second attemp I added 1 cup more of amarantho’s flour and less lard … the result was a stove on fire OOPS! I think this kind of lard (pork) and the blinis-amaranth mix do not get along too well…

So, I ended doing them with out lard, directly to the pan (it is not of iron –still looking for one) … they took like 15 minutes cooked from both sides at low flame, and are like tostadas (big crackers?) I have been eating them this week with mexican sauce (tomatoes, onion, garlic, coriander, olive oil, lemon, salt and serrano chili).

I will experiment on this until I get the right formula, at least for one that do not take too much time to be cooked.

 

[Windmill knight]

I was recently in Mexico for a family visit and I discovered that the two good things you can get over there are amaranth and wild rice - in Superama! (a supermarket chain). I don't know what I would have done without those things.

Let us know how the amaranth experiments proceed... If successful, post some pictures. :)

 

[Nienna]

mabar, is arrowroot available where you are?

When I was trying amaranth blinis, I added 1 tablespoon of arrowroot for every cup of amaranth and cooked them in lard and they came out fine. Also, are you using aluminum-free baking powder?

 

[mabar]

… that the two good things you can get over there are amaranth and wild rice …

Let us know how the amaranth experiments proceed... If successful, post some pictures. :)

Hi, well…when you wrote it like that it seems too bad, it is bad at a certain point because as I had seen from the simple diet or detox diet, that at least half of the ingredients either you can't find them (yet or they are too expensive –at least not for regular basis, more like luxury) or there is no way to obtain them, but I had found coconut oil and quinoa :D, they were not from the same place though.

I will post some pictures.

mabar, is arrowroot available where you are?

… Also, are you using aluminum-free baking powder?

ARROWROOT???? ... after I searched something at the web I got an idea, I had not heard of it before. And I need more time to learn more about it, so far in spanish got several names.

aluminum-free baking powder? …. I don't know, I am not at home, I will check that part tonight.

Thanks,

mabar

 

[Navigator]

mabar, check this store:

http://organicosenlinea.com/index.asp?Modulo=1&Producto=133

They sell Bob's Red Mill Organic Buckwheat flour, good price and they ship to anywhere in the country for a reasonable price to be delivered at your doorstep, Logos5x5 already tried the service and it was a success.

I am curious about the amaranth flour, where did you get it?

 

[3DStudent]

They sell Bob's Red Mill Organic Buckwheat flour, good price and they ship to anywhere in the country for a reasonable price to be delivered at your doorstep, Logos5x5 already tried the service and it was a success.

I am curious about the amaranth flour, where did you get it?

Bob's Red Mill buckwheat flour isn't gluten free, so you may have digestive problems with it. But they do make an amaranth flour by Bob's Red Mill that is gluten free.

 

[Navigator]

They sell Bob's Red Mill Organic Buckwheat flour, good price and they ship to anywhere in the country for a reasonable price to be delivered at your doorstep, Logos5x5 already tried the service and it was a success.

I am curious about the amaranth flour, where did you get it?

Bob's Red Mill buckwheat flour isn't gluten free, so you may have digestive problems with it. But they do make an amaranth flour by Bob's Red Mill that is gluten free.

Well thats a downer, you say it isn't gluten free because they mill the flour in a place where they mill also other gluten products?

 

[Gimpy]

They sell Bob's Red Mill Organic Buckwheat flour, good price and they ship to anywhere in the country for a reasonable price to be delivered at your doorstep, Logos5x5 already tried the service and it was a success.

I am curious about the amaranth flour, where did you get it?

Bob's Red Mill buckwheat flour isn't gluten free, so you may have digestive problems with it. But they do make an amaranth flour by Bob's Red Mill that is gluten free.

Well thats a downer, you say it isn't gluten free because they mill the flour in a place where they mill also other gluten products?

You really need to check to see if its just a mix of buckwheat with other flours in the bag. I saw a Bobs red mill 'buckwheat pancake mix' and it was just that: a mix of buckwheat with wheat flour for pancakes.

If you check the Bobs red mill site, they do have offerings for organic and gluten free flours, but those tend to cost more.

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Whoops! Decided to go check, and found out they do have organic buckwheat flour on offer here: http://www.bobsredmill.com/organic-buckwheat-flour.html

It is not gluten free, as it is processed in the same facility that also mills tree nuts, soy, wheat, and milk. (Basically, if you have any doubts on contamination, don't use this.)

 

[Navigator]

They sell Bob's Red Mill Organic Buckwheat flour, good price and they ship to anywhere in the country for a reasonable price to be delivered at your doorstep, Logos5x5 already tried the service and it was a success.

I am curious about the amaranth flour, where did you get it?

Bob's Red Mill buckwheat flour isn't gluten free, so you may have digestive problems with it. But they do make an amaranth flour by Bob's Red Mill that is gluten free.

Well thats a downer, you say it isn't gluten free because they mill the flour in a place where they mill also other gluten products?

You really need to check to see if its just a mix of buckwheat with other flours in the bag. I saw a Bobs red mill 'buckwheat pancake mix' and it was just that: a mix of buckwheat with wheat flour for pancakes.

If you check the Bobs red mill site, they do have offerings for organic and gluten free flours, but those tend to cost more.

*******************

Whoops! Decided to go check, and found out they do have organic buckwheat flour on offer here: http://www.bobsredmill.com/organic-buckwheat-flour.html

It is not gluten free, as it is processed in the same facility that also mills tree nuts, soy, wheat, and milk. (Basically, if you have any doubts on contamination, don't use this.)

Yup, thats the same product I was talking about, its definitely a drawback since thats the only place we have found to sell buckwheat in Mexico. I should do a search on the preferred brands and see if we can locate a local distributor, thats an avenue we haven't tried so far.

 

[Lilou]

Seeing this thread made me check my own Bob's Red Mill products in the cupboard. I love the Creamy Buckwheat Cereal by Bob's so I checked their site and found this statment

http://www.bobsredmill.com/organic-creamy-buckwheat.html
*THIS PRODUCT IS NOW BEING PRODUCED AS GLUTEN FREE IN OUR GLUTEN FREE FACILITY AND TESTED UNDER 20PPM. PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK THE LABEL FOR OUR GLUTEN FREE SYMBOL TO ENSURE THE GLUTEN FREE STATUS OF THE PRODUCT. ALL CREAMY BUCKWHEAT SOLD THROUGH OUR WEBSITE WILL BE GLUTEN FREE AS OF 04/05/10*

I purchased my cereal in Oct. 2010, but since it says "tested under 20ppm", does that mean there may still be alittle gluten?
I did not see this statement next to other flours that are listed on the site as Gluten Free.

 

[Nienna]

They sell Bob's Red Mill Organic Buckwheat flour, good price and they ship to anywhere in the country for a reasonable price to be delivered at your doorstep, Logos5x5 already tried the service and it was a success.

I am curious about the amaranth flour, where did you get it?

Bob's Red Mill buckwheat flour isn't gluten free, so you may have digestive problems with it. But they do make an amaranth flour by Bob's Red Mill that is gluten free.

Where I live, the New England area of the U.S., you can get Arrowhead Mills buckwheat flour that is gluten free.

Here's their website. You can order it straight from them if you can't find it in your stores.

http://www.arrowheadmills.com/product/buckwheat-flour

 

[mabar]

Hi …

is arrowroot available where you are?

It is a some sort of starch, and no, I am not familiar with it and neither the stores around, this city is too big the point is to find it.

…are you using aluminum-free baking powder?

From the two brands in my kitchen neither of the two specify being aluminum-free, I supposed that if they do not specify is that both have it, isn't it? … the purpose of adding baking power is to make them fluffy? … mmm … and if I do not add it to the mix? I think I would not miss it, I don't mind them being flat. :D

They sell Bob's Red Mill Organic Buckwheat flour, good price and they ship to anywhere in the country for a reasonable price to be delivered at your doorstep, Logos5x5 already tried the service and it was a success.

I am curious about the amaranth flour, where did you get it?

Bob's Red Mill buckwheat flour isn't gluten free, so you may have digestive problems with it. But they do make an amaranth flour by Bob's Red Mill that is gluten free.

Well thats a downer, you say it isn't gluten free because they mill the flour in a place where they mill also other gluten products?

You really need to check to see if its just a mix of buckwheat with other flours in the bag. I saw a Bobs red mill 'buckwheat pancake mix' and it was just that: a mix of buckwheat with wheat flour for pancakes.

If you check the Bobs red mill site, they do have offerings for organic and gluten free flours, but those tend to cost more.

*******************

Whoops! Decided to go check, and found out they do have organic buckwheat flour on offer here: http://www.bobsredmill.com/organic-buckwheat-flour.html

It is not gluten free, as it is processed in the same facility that also mills tree nuts, soy, wheat, and milk. (Basically, if you have any doubts on contamination, don't use this.)

Yup, thats the same product I was talking about, its definitely a drawback since thats the only place we have found to sell buckwheat in Mexico. I should do a search on the preferred brands and see if we can locate a local distributor, thats an avenue we haven't tried so far.

I found two advertisements one regarding same flour in Mexico city and the other brandless, having problems with both with the telephone number, I am waiting an answer in the email at least from one of them.

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About the amaranth flour, I had bought two brands so far (Dul-Cerel and Cerepak) although neither on them specify to be gluten free. I found them in a naturist store near my job.

Thanks to all,

mabar

 

[Navigator]

They sell Bob's Red Mill Organic Buckwheat flour, good price and they ship to anywhere in the country for a reasonable price to be delivered at your doorstep, Logos5x5 already tried the service and it was a success.

I am curious about the amaranth flour, where did you get it?

Bob's Red Mill buckwheat flour isn't gluten free, so you may have digestive problems with it. But they do make an amaranth flour by Bob's Red Mill that is gluten free.

Where I live, the New England area of the U.S., you can get Arrowhead Mills buckwheat flour that is gluten free.

Here's their website. You can order it straight from them if you can't find it in your stores.

http://www.arrowheadmills.com/product/buckwheat-flour

Bingo!

http://www.mercadoselroble.com/mercados/mercancia_info.php?id_producto=3934&enlase=buscar

Affordable price and just called and I'll get the shipping rates tomorrow.

 

[Mr. Premise]

Hi …

is arrowroot available where you are?

It is a some sort of starch, and no, I am not familiar with it and neither the stores around, this city is too big the point is to find it.


mabar

You might want to try to find Arrowroot powder in Asian markets, grocery stores that sell to overseas Chinese and other Asians.