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Chia Seed Flour – freshly ground as needed

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Like flax, chia is highly ‘hydrophilic’ which simply means that the seeds absorb water and create a mucilaginous gel. They can hold 9-12 times their weight in water, and they absorb it very rapidly, in under 10 minutes.  Just long enough to give you time for you to call your mother and tell her that you love her. :)  Soaked ground chia seeds will appear to contain not seeds or water, but almost solid gelatin.

How to use Chia Flour

Due to its ability to absorb both water and fat, it can be used to thicken sauces, soups, porridges, crackers, and raw breads. A good thing to know is that chia can cause raw breads or crackers to be more of a gray color if you use a higher percentage of chia compared to other flours/ binders. Sometimes I like to use a combo of flax and chia seeds.  The cool thing (well another cool thing) about chia seeds is that they are neutral in flavor where flax isn’t.

Once you add chia flour to a recipe and stir in the liquids, it is usually always recommended to let the batter rest for 10+ minutes, giving it time to gel up and go into binding action!   I also find it helpful to whisk the flour into a liquid first, preventing lumps from forming.  Regardless of when you add it to a recipe, if you see a chia glob, whisk that baby out… no one wants to catch a bite of chia goo.

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Ingredients:

yields 2 cups chia flour 

Preparation:

  1. Place the seeds in a dry blender grain container, Bullet, coffee or spice grinder.
  2. Grind until it resembles a flour-like texture.
  3. I recommend grinding the seeds as needed because the oil in chia is volatile, which means that it is very prone to oxidation (rancidity) unless it is stored correctly.
    • Should you grind up t0o much at one time, you must protect those oils by storing it in the fridge or freezer, in dark containers, preferably being consumed within a few weeks of grinding.

 

2 thoughts on “Chia Seed Flour – freshly ground as needed

  1. Jill says:

    I am so grateful to have come across your website with all of these great recipes!!! I can’t wait to read more of them when I have time.

    I am especially interested in breads and crackers without oats or grains of any kind. I can’t eat them, even quinoa and buckwheat even if they are soaked, sprouted and dehydrated.

    Thank you for posting all of these great recipes.

    • amie-sue says:

      Good evening Jill,

      So nice to hear from you. I think that I have a good amount of recipes to keep you busy. hehe

      I am sorry to hear about your negative reactions to oats and grains. It’s becoming more and more common or at least more people are piping up about it. As you find recipes of interest and try them, please let me know how they go. Have a blessed up and coming week. amie sue :)

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