How is Buckwheat Flour Used?
In Japan, buckwheat flour is used to make soba noodles. In several countries, buckwheat pancakes are traditional fare. In Russia they are known as blinis. In France, buckwheat is used to make galettes. In the Ukraine, hrechanyky are a type of yeast rolls made from buckwheat. If you don’t have any wheat or gluten sensitivities, you can blend buckwheat flour with wheat flour to boost both nutrition and flavor. If using buckwheat for bread, no more than half of the total flour should come from buckwheat. For people who do not eat gluten, buckwheat flour can be used on its own in baked goods or combined with other types of gluten free-flour, such as brown rice flour. Recently, I modified my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe (based on recipe from the Joy of Cooking) to be gluten-free and the cookies turned out really well. Some gluten-free baked goods are quite crumbly but this cookie was crispy on the outside yet still chewy, in fact they were slightly chewier than when I make them ent
