Flavor Flours

Description

In this monumental new work, beloved dessert queen Alice Medrich applies her baking precision and impeccable palate to flavor flours--wheat-flour alternatives including rice flour, oat flour, corn flour, sorghum flour, teff, and more. The resulting (gluten-free!) recipes show that baking with alternate flours adds an extra dimension of flavor. Brownies made with rice flour taste even more chocolaty. Buckwheat adds complexity to a date and nut cake. Ricotta cheesecake gets bonus flavor from a chestnut flour crust; teff is used to make a chocolate layer cake that can replace any birthday cake with equally pleasing results. All of the nearly 125 recipes--including Double Oatmeal Cookies, Buckwheat Gingerbread, Chocolate Chestnut Soufflé Cake, and Blueberry Corn Flour Cobbler--take the flavors of our favorite desserts to the next level. The book is organized by flour, with useful information on its taste, flavor affinities, and more. And because flavor flours don't react in recipes the same way as wheat flour, Medrich explains her innovative new techniques with the clarity and detail she is known for.;""Cover""; ""Also by Alice Medrich""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter One: Rice Flour""; ""Chapter Two: Oat Flour""; ""Chapter Three: Corn Flour and Cornmeal""; ""Chapter Four: Buckwheat Flour""; ""Chapter Five: Chestnut Flour""; ""Chapter Six: Teff Flour""; ""Chapter Seven: Sorghum Flour""; ""Chapter Eight: Nut and Coconut Flours""; ""Chapter Nine: Elements""; ""Resources""; ""Appendix""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Index by Hero Flour""; ""General Index""; ""Conversion Charts"" ""Cover"" ""Also by Alice Medrich"" ""Title Page"" ""Copyright"" ""Dedication"" ""Contents"" ""Introduction"" ""Chapter One: Rice Flour"" ""Chapter Two: Oat Flour"" ""Chapter Three: Corn Flour and Cornmeal"" ""Chapter Four: Buckwheat Flour"" ""Chapter Five: Chestnut Flour"" ""Chapter Six: Teff Flour"" ""Chapter Seven: Sorghum Flour"" ""Chapter Eight: Nut and Coconut Flours"" ""Chapter Nine: Elements"" ""Resources"" ""Appendix"" ""Acknowledgments"" ""Index by Hero Flour"" ""General Index"" ""Conversion Charts""