Flour: a comprehensive guide

Grains and pulses, nuts and seeds: recipes from breads and tortillas to pancakes and pies. This book explores the alternatives to traditional wheat flour, with an A-Z format and accompanying recipes. Recipes include cheddar and chili cornbread, salted chocolate tart, spicy onion pancakes, and spring lamb pot pies.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 256 pages
\n Publication date: 22 February 2018
\n Publisher: Absolute Press
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Grains and pulses, nuts and seeds: recipes from breads and tortillas to pancakes and pies. In this timely new book, Christine McFadden delves into the profound role that flour has played as a cornerstone of our diet, offering a comprehensive exploration of alternative options to traditional wheat flour. With an ever-expanding array of flours available both online and in stores, this book adopts a user-friendly A-Z format, serving as a virtual encyclopedia of sorts for each flour, encompassing details such as plant source, gluten/protein content, flavor profile, and optimal usage methods. Each of the featured flours is accompanied by delectable recipes crafted by Christine in her culinary endeavors, showcasing the myriad ways in which flour can be utilized. The range of flours spans from cassava and quinoa to cricket flour and coffee flour, yielding mouthwatering creations such as cheddar and chili cornbread (made with amaranth flour), salted chocolate tart with buckwheat and walnut pastry, spicy onion pancakes (using moong dal), and spring lamb pot pies (prepared with traditional plain wheat flour). Accompanying these recipes are stunning photographs that vividly bring the dishes to life, enhancing the reader's culinary journey.

\n Weight: 948g\n
Dimension: 235 x 172 x 32 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781472945976\n \n