Flour is made not only from wheat, oatmeal or buckwheat. There are types of flour that you will probably hear about for the first time. You can experiment with baked goods based on them if you find one in stores in your city.
Flax flour
This flour is rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids omega-3 and 6. Potassium, vitamin C and anticancer phytoestrogens. Flaxseed flour is even prescribed as a complex therapy for a number of diseases.
Flaxseed flour has a specific taste, therefore completely replacing other types with it is fraught with the fact that you will not like the dish. Porridge is eaten on the basis of flax flour.
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This flour is not uncommon in the kitchens of many housewives. Try replacing some of the wheat flour with corn, and your cookies will instantly become more crumbly. Corn pancakes and baked tortillas are delicious.
Bird cherry flour
It is made from dried bird cherry berries. It is added to the main flour for flavor. Bird cherry flour baked goods will smell like almonds and cherry pits, and take on a rich chocolate brown color. Bird cherry flour dries baked goods, so consider this fact and increase the amount of butter in the dough. And the impregnation of the confectionery should be as moist and liquid as possible.
Semolina
Semolina is made from durum wheat. It is very similar to semolina, but unlike it, it is more useful. Semolina perfectly saturates the body, absorbs longer and dulls appetite for a long time. If you add semolina to bread, it will have a nutty flavor. Pasta is also made on the basis of this flour.
Pea flour
This flour will make a good base for baked goods, as well as tortillas and pancakes. By the way, like any flour, pea flour can be used to make sauces and thick soups. And also, if there are no pea lovers in your family, then flour from it is an option to diversify the diet of your household.
Almond flour
This flour is made by grinding almonds in a blender, only on a special mode so that the flour remains crumbly. Products made from such flour are prepared on low-carbohydrate diets, replacing wheat flour completely, baked goods made from it are tender – both in texture and taste.
Amaranth flour
This plant of South America, it was actively cultivated and added to food. Today amaranth flour is in demand among those who need to adhere to a gluten-free diet. If amaranth flour is added to bread, it will not become stale.