I'm determined to use teff for the things I'd eat which would normally be made with wheat.
Today's experiment: shortbread.
A small batch made with class 1:2:3 proportions.
We'll see how it comes out. Teff takes more grease, more liquid, and more sweetener, or spices, than other grains in order to have a familiar taste.
Keep your fingers crossed.
Will report when it comes out of the oven.
Teff recipe experiments
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Re: Teff recipe experiments
Sounds good LBR
I like to cut down on wheat.
Don't know about others on here but I've never seen teff for sale, even in healthfood shops. Maybe it's not got over here much yet.
I like to cut down on wheat.
Don't know about others on here but I've never seen teff for sale, even in healthfood shops. Maybe it's not got over here much yet.
Maggie
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Re: Teff recipe experiments
Hmmmm, don't know where my post went.
They came out very crumbly, but scrumptious.
They break apart when picked up. I don't mind, but couldn't serve them or ship them.
I could try baking them longer, but might just get rock hard crumbles.
Teff has no gluten. So, with no gluten and no eggs, the crumbliness will be there.
Forget to say that I used Rapunzel brand evaporated cane juice, called "Rapadura" for the sugar. It's my favorite of the evap. cane juice brands.
Sorry, I didn't buy stock in the company when it first started.
Found this rather quickly on Google: http://www.tobiateff.co.uk/order.htm
They came out very crumbly, but scrumptious.
They break apart when picked up. I don't mind, but couldn't serve them or ship them.
I could try baking them longer, but might just get rock hard crumbles.
Teff has no gluten. So, with no gluten and no eggs, the crumbliness will be there.
Forget to say that I used Rapunzel brand evaporated cane juice, called "Rapadura" for the sugar. It's my favorite of the evap. cane juice brands.
Sorry, I didn't buy stock in the company when it first started.
Found this rather quickly on Google: http://www.tobiateff.co.uk/order.htm
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Re: Teff recipe experiments
Bl**dy h&ll, LBR. Bit expensive. They'd work out at about £5 a 1lb loaf.
Maggie
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Re: Teff recipe experiments
I pay about $7 per pound for the flour or the grain. I don't eat it very often, and it's the only grain I eat. It's rather my splurge.
Otherwise, I eat cooked dried beans (adzukis being my fav), potatoes, dairy, and occasionally, fish.
Don't know if there are other sources for teff in the UK.
Hmmm, 25 pounds, cost per kilo at 4 pounds 15.
I pay for a pound what they charge for a kilo, if one bought the 25 pounds at once.
And I buy it four one-pound bags at a time to get a ten percent discount.
Teff is gluten-free, high in lysine, and as far as I know, low in arginine. It's useful for people on special diets.
It's very satisfying and fulfilling. I don't eat as much of it as I would wheat. It also doesn't act as a trigger food, as wheat does for so many.
Otherwise, I eat cooked dried beans (adzukis being my fav), potatoes, dairy, and occasionally, fish.
Don't know if there are other sources for teff in the UK.
Hmmm, 25 pounds, cost per kilo at 4 pounds 15.
I pay for a pound what they charge for a kilo, if one bought the 25 pounds at once.
And I buy it four one-pound bags at a time to get a ten percent discount.
Teff is gluten-free, high in lysine, and as far as I know, low in arginine. It's useful for people on special diets.
It's very satisfying and fulfilling. I don't eat as much of it as I would wheat. It also doesn't act as a trigger food, as wheat does for so many.