Buckwheat flour in cooking - simple recipes

Dishes from buckwheat flour are an excellent solution to the problem of balanced nutrition. Useful foods are rarely delicious. Today's case is an exception to the rules.

Before considering the question of what can be cooked from buckwheat flour, we offer several lines to dedicate the benefits of this undeservedly forgotten by the hostess product.

Valuable trace minerals

Gray-brown buckwheat flour has slightly bitter specific taste. This feature does not bother experienced confectioners, because it gives noodles, baked goods and or pancakes a special piquancy.

Useful properties:

1. low content of gluten makes dishes made from buckwheat easily digestible, which means that they can be included in the evening menu of
2. in terms of the amount of protein the product is inferior to meat and beans, but it is able to replace them during the
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3. period, the energy value of the product is 290-335Kcal in 100 g. For those who are on a diet is a powerful argument for including buckwheat in the diet
4. an indispensable source of iron helps to restore the normal level of hemoglobin in the blood
5. rich content of vitamins B, E, P, PP andvenom microelements( phosphorus, potassium, calcium, manganese, etc.) able to prevent beriberi and display features to support the health of the whole body.

Please note! In the first mixtures, porridge porridge predominates buckwheat and rice, and not lean on useful substances, wheat flour. This is a categorical argument for a more detailed study of dishes from ground buckwheat.

Doctors recommend including buckwheat and flour in the daily menu:

• for those with cardiovascular problems
• obese
• for
• diabetics for
• vegetarians for everyone who follows the
• diet to employees who daily experience increased mental or physical stress.

Secrets of kneading the test

Caution! Shop product

Buckwheat flour can not be called a popular product, which can be bought freely in a supermarket( except for regional centers).Low demand for goods does not give rise to a proposal. Why? Because the dough from pure buckwheat flour is not kneaded and crumbles because of the low content of gluten. In other words, without adding traditional wheat flour to buckwheat flour, it will not be possible to obtain an adhesive malleable mass.

The original product is more often found in stores specializing in products for diabetics. Whole-wheat flour contains:

• vitamins
• minerals
• cellulose.

Sometimes you can find such a name as unrefined buckwheat flour, that is, it is a grain that was not ground before grinding and was not released from the embryo.

Note! When buying flour in the store, carefully study its composition. Some manufacturers add to the product gluten or go to other tricks, mixing different types of cereals.

So, the approximate list of ingredients in flour for pancakes "Buckwheat" is as follows:

• buckwheat flour
• wheaten grade
• salt
• powdered sugar
• citric acid
• soda.

Needless to say that this mixture is suitable for cooking one dish - pancakes and is not suitable for baking cupcakes or bread?

How to make flour at home

Self-made cooking of buckwheat flour will protect the hostess from all sorts of surprises associated with the presence of unwanted additives in the product.

The action algorithm is simple:

1. remove the rubbish from the cereals
2. rinse the buckwheat
3. and spread it and dry
4. in small portions.

For grinding, you can use:

• blender
• coffee grinder
• combine harvester.

Flour will contain particles of husks and small granules, so cook all the culinary masterpieces from it. Nevertheless, such flour will be many times more valuable than its high-grade analogue.

Features of working with the test

After analyzing all the experience of confectioners in obtaining a successful test from buckwheat flour, the following conclusions can be drawn.

1. Flour "loves" a lot of water( milk, kefir), but all the same the ready dishes turn out dryish. To avoid such a development of events, it is advisable not to bake the dough immediately, but leave it for a quarter of an hour. After that, if necessary, add some more liquid.
2. Yeast in organic( pure) buckwheat flour is a waste of time. There is a risk that the absence of gluten will not allow the test to rise, in the bowl there will be a miserable puree-like mass, which is absolutely unsuitable for use.
3. It is important to observe the mixing ratio of buckwheat and wheat flour. The best ratio is 1 × 2;1 × 3.The validity is 1 × 1.Otherwise, without binding components like a chicken egg or xanthan gum can not do.

Note! When buying flour, before you knead the dough, you should examine the label, make sure the presence or absence of gluten in the product. This will determine all subsequent actions and composition of the test.

Now let's take a closer look at the favorite products of confectioners and understand what can be cooked from buckwheat flour in the kitchen of the house.

Simple and appetizing recipes for dishes made with buckwheat flour

Thin pancakes without yeast on milk

Main products:

• buckwheat flour( 90 g)
• wheat flour( 60 g)
• chicken egg( 3 pieces)
• milk( 400 ml)
• refined oil( 2 full tablespoons)
• sugar( 1 tbsp.)
• salt( pinch) of
• soda( 2 times less salt).

Cooking time - 40 min. Number of pancakes - 12-14, diameter - 24 cm Wheat flour is needed in order to add gluten to the dough.

Procedure: first break the eggs into a bowl, sprinkle sugar, salt, soda. Stirring the ingredients with a whisk, pour in the milk.

Mix the flour and, constantly stirring the ingredients, sift not in a separate bowl, but immediately into a bowl of milk. This move will avoid the formation of lumps. Add the oil.

Ready dough cover with a plate or food film, leave for at least 20 minutes, brew.

Tip! Before baking the first pancake, it is better to grease a hot frying pan with oil. Subsequent times, oil is not used.

Recipe for pancakes on yeast from Yu. Vysotskaya

Food set:

• buckwheat and wheat flour( 50 g and 1 full spoonfull)
• egg( 1-1.5 pcs.)
• pinch of salt
• pinch of granulated sugar
• dryyeast( ¼ tsp)
• water( 200 ml).

First, flour is sieved in the bowl, salt is added, sugar is added, the ingredients are mixed, driving the egg.

Diluted in a tablespoon of water, yeast, poured into a bowl to the rest of the ingredients.

Stir the contents thoroughly with a whisk, gradually pouring in the remaining water.

A ready-made dough made from buckwheat flour is "breathed out".Pancakes are fried, as usual, in a heated frying pan. Filling - any, and preferably salmon.

Bread in the oven

For those who bake bread independently, the next step-by-step recipe for a dish made from buckwheat flour will be a real find.

Ingredients:

• yeast( 15 g)
• refined oil( 2 tablespoons)
• warm water( 400 ml)
• buckwheat flour( 160 g)
• wheat flour( 550 g)
• sugar( 2 full tablespoons)
• salt( 2 tsp).

Opara is prepared in a traditional way: activate yeast, rubbing them with sugar. Then half of the portion of water warmed to 36 ° C is poured in and 1 glass of wheat flour is sieved. The mixture is stirred until smooth.

The ready-made spit is set to "rest" in a warm place. In 20 minutes, the dough will grow by about half. With the appearance of bubbles, gently pour the rest of the water( if necessary, it is reheated) and gradually pour in the flour.

When the dough looks ready, it is salted and coaxed with vegetable oil( preferably olive oil).Now the spoon will have to be postponed and actively worked with hands for 15 minutes.

Note! Long-lasting mixing is the key to obtaining lush and soft bread. Do not rush to finish this process as soon as possible. To get rid of the adhesion of the dough to your hands, regular lubrication with vegetable oil will help.

The finished product is left in the heat for 45 minutes. If the room is hot - a little less, cool - up to 1 hour.

After this time, the dough is divided into 2 parts, forms loaves and put in oily forms, again leaving them for 30 minutes.

The bread raised in the forms is smeared with a mixture of a tablespoon of water and tea-flour. You can top it with sesame seeds, flax seeds.

It remains to send the bread in the oven for 25 minutes( the temperature is about 150 ° C).After the crust hardens and the loaf is baked inside, the temperature is increased to 200 ° C, and a pan with water is placed on the bottom. This move will allow the bread to brighten beautifully, but not dry, losing softness.

After 10 minutes, the oven is turned off.

Important! At first glance, the recipe may seem complicated and time-consuming, but being hooked to it, baking will be a pleasure because of the excellent final result.

And more nuance. Ovens are different, the purchased flour is also different. Therefore, these figures can serve only as a guide, not a guide to action. In any case, the process will have to be looked at with a master's eye.

Buckwheat in the bread maker

Laziness is the engine of progress. For those who do not get along with the oven, you should pay attention to the recipe for a dish of buckwheat flour in the bread maker.

Ingredients:

• wheat and buckwheat flour( 400 and 100 g respectively)
• water( 350 ml)
• olive oil( 2 tbsp)
• sugar( 1 and third tbsp)
• salt( teaspoon)
• crushedkernels of walnuts( 70 g)
• yeast( 1 and 1.3 tsp).

The listed ingredients are loaded into the bread maker, guided by the operating rules( instructions).

Select the main program. The crust is medium. Weight - 1 kg.

The bread is very light, with a delicate fresh fragrance.

A simple cupcake recipe

To prepare buckwheat cake you need:

• any jam( 1 glass)
• wheat and buckwheat flour( in a ratio of 6 tablespoons with a slide and 1 glass)
• chicken egg( 3 pcs.)
• sugar( incomplete glass)
• baking powder2.5 tsp)
• kefir, and preferably sour cream( 1 glass).

How to prepare. Eggs are well beaten with sugar. Introduce acid sour cream, baking powder, jam and so far only buckwheat flour. All the elements are whipped on the mixer. Then gently, stirring with a spoon, pour on them wheat flour.

The special form is oiled, the dough is poured and sent to a preheated oven for 180 ° C for 30-40 minutes. The cupcake is checked with a match.

To make the baking look presentable, it's good to tear it with powdered sugar.

Unusual Greek-cottage cheese cakes

To prepare the following dish from buckwheat flour you will need:

• butter( 100 g)
• egg( 5 pcs.)
• curd to 10% fat( 400 g)
• vanilla sugar( 10 g)
• gelatin15 g)
• walnut kernel( 25 g)
• sugar( 2 times 150 g)
• buckwheat flour( 250 g) or( puree of boiled and mashed ½ liter of buckwheat)
• fatty milk( 300 ml).

Preparation: melt the butter, it is poured sugar( 150 g) and 5 yolks. The ingredients are beaten to a homogeneous lush mass.

Add the flour or( !) Mashed to the state of mashed potatoes. Mix a steep, but soft dough.

Separately whisk the proteins with sugar until a dense and firm foam is obtained. It is also gently poured into the dough, trying not to knock down the volume. The resulting mixture is divided into 2 parts.



Next cover the pastry paper with a pan, bake 2 crusts in a preheated oven to 190 ° C.After 30 minutes they are removed.

However, the recipe is not finished. For the filling, gelatin is soaked in water, and curd is mixed with milk. Combine the ingredients by adding vanilla sugar.

The filling is then preheated to dissolve the gelatin and left in a cold place for partial hardening.

On the cooled cakes spread the filling. It's time to wait for the gelatin to freeze completely.

It remains to put one biscuit top to the other, it turned out a beautiful cake.

It should be decorated with crushed nuts and cut into cakes.

Quick cookies

Composition of buckwheat dessert:

• flour( 200 g)
• cocoa powder( full 3 tbsp)
• thick sour cream( 330 ml)
• sugar( 5 tbsp)
• soda( ½ tsp).)
• vanillin
• vegetable oil( 2 tablespoons)

Combine buckwheat flour with sugar, cocoa powder and soda.

Add the oil to the mixed ingredients, add vanilla and sour cream. The finished dough resembles a sticky plasticine mass.

From it with damp hands form balls with a diameter of up to 5 cm, which are spread on a baking sheet covered with pastry paper. It is important to leave between the balls at least a centimeter of free space. When baking, the cookies will slightly increase in size.

The oven is heated to 180 ° C.Preparation time - 10 minutes.

That's all. By the way, who does not know what the real Russian pancakes are with the bake, we suggest you read this video: