Since not only wheat flour appeared in the public domain, housewives have not tired of experimenting with baking. A great many interesting recipes have been developed for buckwheat, oat, barley, corn and even flax flour. Some chefs have completely abandoned the use of traditional. But the whipping flour turned out to be somewhat outside the bounds of general attention. However, you can not buy it at all supermarkets. Meanwhile, if you nevertheless try spelled flour in culinary delights, it is entirely possible to switch only to its use.
Wholemeal: benefit
Spelled is an old variety of wheat. It is resistant to weather vagaries, diseases, pests, but less productive than modern varieties. In addition, it is much worse to grind. This is precisely what caused its gradual crowding out by new competitors: now the plant occupies a negligible sown area, although there has recently been a tendency to increase it.
At the same time, spelled flour is devoid of wheat flaws and has significant advantages. It contains as many as 18 amino acids and a set of vitamins, including relatively rare ones. The vegetable protein content in it is very high, and it is easily digestible. Of the useful elements, it is especially remarkable for the presence of magnesium and iron, and a number of nutritionists even attribute to it healing qualities. There is one more attractive feature that can be boasted with half-cured flour: the recipes can be used the same, in which wheat is used, but their result will be more tender, with dense pulp and a unique aroma.
Unforgettable bread
Now many housewives prefer to bake bread on their own. And this is correct: you can adjust its taste according to your needs, and you are sure of the quality of the products put into business. If you have already been involved in baking, you can try another recipe. Moreover, bread made from spelled flour is easily baked even in a conventional oven.
Cooking
- 300 grams of flour are sifted with a spoon of salt.
- A spoonful of milk powder, two tablespoons of brown sugar and a spoonful of dried yeast are added to the mixture.
- After mixing, an incomplete glass of warm water is poured.
- The dough is first mixed with a wooden spoon, and then with your hands until it stops sticking to the bowl.
- The lump is laid out on a flour-sprinkled board and kneading a dozen minutes until soft elasticity.
- The container is lubricated with oil, a dough ball is laid out in it, drawn in with a film and hides in the bottom of the refrigerator at night.
- In the morning, the dough is kneaded into a rectangle according to the size of the form, again wrapped with a film and left in the form for half an hour. After the film is removed, the mold is smeared, the dough is returned to the mold and put in the oven.
It takes about half an hour to bake bread, it cools down on a wire rack and only after it is removed from the mold.
Delicious pancakes
The best test of an unfamiliar flour is an attempt to bake pancakes from it. If they succeed, it can be safely used in any baking. For pancakes made from spelled flour, we are absolutely calm: they turn out airy, and even with a tempting nutty smell. The dough is prepared simply. 150 grams of spelled flour is sifted into a bowl - that's about two-thirds of a glass. A glass of kefir and half a glass of milk plus two egg yolks and a bit of salt are poured into the hole. The dough is processed with a mixer until the lumps are completely eliminated and left to “rest” for a quarter of an hour. Pancakes are baked in a completely standard way. And there are tastier ones, spread with jam, curled into a tube and dabbed with powdered sugar.
Tempting Spawn Cake
If you have children, they will surely like this dessert. And adults will not refuse a piece or two of tea. Cooking does not take much time, and the pleasures are the sea.
First, the dough is prepared: a 70-gram piece of oil is rubbed on a coarse grater and mixed with a third spoonful of soda and flour. Naturally, spelled flour, about half a glass. The final consistency resembles breadcrumbs.
Then the filling is done: a pack of cottage cheese of any fat content is ground with two eggs and four tablespoons of sugar. In parallel, a large apple is peeled, disposed of, and finely chopped.
Pie is going to: the form, laid and smeared, is laid out for the most part of the dough. The curd filling is poured into the resulting “basket”, apple slices are laid out on top and sprinkled with the rest of the dough. This joy takes about 20 minutes; ready, it can be sprinkled with powdered sugar.
Honey cupcake for the post
In anticipation of the days of food restrictions, the hostesses stock up on interesting recipes designed to brighten up the prescribed food deprivation. And here very handy white flour will be very useful, from which you can bake a lot of all kinds of goodies. In particular, a cupcake that will delight even in those days when you no longer need to fast. First, three and a half tablespoons of sugar and a spoon of natural honey are bred in half a glass of water. You can take it even sugared, just have to wait longer. The next step is sifting a quarter kilogram of flour into a bowl, with constant kneading, so that the spelled flour does not stray into lumps. The last step is to infuse half a glass of vegetable oil and knead it. The dough is laid out in the form in which the cupcakes are baked. It is placed in the oven for only a third of an hour. And you have a loose, fragrant and delicious dessert for tea.