Best gluten free flour recipe
I recently found an amazing gluten free flour recipe from another blog I like. http://blog.ideasinfood.com/ideas_in_food/2012/02/what-iif-flour.html is a link to the recipe. I was wondering if anyone found a healthier flour substitute as Cornstarch, Tapioca flour, and White rice flour are not all that healthy for you. I was wondering if anyone has ever tried dehydrating legumes, then crushing them into a powder. Hypothetically couldnt I create a complete protein powder by using legumes and corn flour? My only concern is that for flour to be really used as flour there has to be some sort of binding agent and im not sure that the protein in the legumes or the starch will do the trick. Any advice or should I stop yappin and get to tryin?
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- 30% starch (usually tapioca or potato, sometimes arrowroot or corn)
- 20-30% sweet rice flour
- 15-20% ground flax or chia
- the rest nut meal, sorghum flour, millet flour, buckwheat flour, or some mix of the above
Millet adds wonderful color to glutenfree baked goods, even if you only use a small amount in your recipe. For yeasted breads, I'll increase the flax or chia seeds and often add 1-2 tsp psyllium husk.
Here's my recipe for Raspberry Multigrain Muffins, where you can see I've adjusted the ratios slightly to keep the muffins light and airy while they're packed with multigrain goodness. (The extra sweet rice flour helps with this.) I often sub at least 15-20 grams ground flax for some of the amaranth, since amaranth is rather expensive. http://food52.com/recipes/14662_raspberry_multigrain_muffins
I have found that Indian markets have a wide variety of whole food flours at reasonable prices -- bean (besan is chickpea flour), grain (sorghum and blends), for instance.
Asian markets are good for the starches, and I have found brown rice flour there too.
If you need large quantities, small natural food stores may be helpful, as they will usually be happy to order what you need, in quantities or varieties that may not be on the shelf.
Check the food52 cook beyondcelery for her recipies on the site and on her blog -- some of my favorites!
You don't need to dehydrate and grind your own legumes. Chickpea flour is widely available, and there's also lentil flour and even green pea flour out there. Teff, millet, and quinoa make hearty whole-grain flours as well, though they might be a little harder to track down.
http://www.make-your-own-bread.com/gluten_free_flour_mix.html