Basic recipe: quinoa flour

The ones you wear a gluten-free diet I'm sure you already know quinoa flour. It is an alternative to wheat flour totally suitable for celiacs.

With Thermomix it is very easy grind the grains to get a flour with the texture that we like the most. So although I have chosen to pulverize it, you can give it different textures.

Quinoa has more protein and better quality than wheat or corn. It also has a high content of omega 3, although it must be taken into account that when food is crushed they are more susceptible to oxidation. So when you make this quinoa flour at home, I recommend that you use it as quickly as possible.

Although the quinoa flour is not bread-ready, we can use it as a complement and mix it with other flours to make delicious breads. In addition to preparing salty cookies, waffles, pancakes, biscuits or pie crusts. Even to make sauces or thicken soups or purees.

You already know that quinoa has saponins, so before cooking You have to wash the grains well until they stop releasing a kind of foam. However, to make quinoa flour we have to roast the beansThis way we will avoid that the flour is bitter.

When toasting the beans, moisture is also lost, so with 500 grams of quinoa beans we will obtain about 400 grams of flour. Enough to prepare the delicious recipes that we will show you little by little.

Basic recipe: quinoa flour

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Preparing quinoa flour is very easy and simple with Thermomix.

• Mayra Fernandez Joglar

• Calories: 460
• Rations: 10

• Preparation time: 30M
• Cooking time: 2M
• Total time: 32M

Ingredients

• 500 g white quinoa

Preparation

1. We put half of the quinoa in a large pot or pan over medium heat for about 10 minutes.

2. During this time we have to stir the quinoa that will give off a smell of nuts. The grains will turn a golden color but you must be careful not to burn them.

3. It is normal that during the roasting process you can hear some of them pop, making a soft “pop” like popcorn. This tells us that the beans are hot and that we have to stir so they don't get too roasted.

4. Once we have the beans toasted, we remove them from the pan or pot to a large source and let them cool. We will not leave them in the same container because they would continue to roast.

5. Repeat the toasting with the other 250 grams of quinoa.

6. When the toasted grains are cold, put the quinoa in the Thermomix glass and grind for 1 minute, speed 5. We lower the flour towards the blades.

7. We spray during 15 seconds, speed 8. We lower the flour and repeat for another 15 seconds, speed 8.

8. We sift the flour and store it in an airtight container.

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