Sprouted Buckwheat

[FreeLily]

What do you do with it? I hear people say they eat it with everything. But how? I have a little sprouter thingy and once it has a tail I know its done but then what? Do I dry them? Eat them wet? Dehydrate them? I am very confused!!

[Rawkinlocs]

You can put it in salads, eat them as/is (if you like them that way), use them in various recipes (Alissa's book has a LOT of recipes using sprouted buckwheat!) and you can dehydrate them and either put into a bowl with fruit, cinnamon and sweetener of choice with nut milk and eat as a crunchy cereal (dehydrated buckwheat gets very crunchy...almost like rice crispies but the texture is "different") or you can use it in grawnola or grind the dried buckwheat into flour and use in various recipes for crackers, breads, cookies, etc.

[eachpeachpearplum]

Yup, I concur with Rawkinlocs; It does make a great grain flour like consistancy in foods. It has a very very specific flavour and if you like it it really opens up a world of great recipes! Many like to soak/sprout/dehydrate and use as a cereal. Rinse very well. More so than with others to minimise the strong flavour. Enjoy!

Cheers,

EPPP

[ciarac]

All of the above. But I have just discovered that if you leave soak them for 20 minutes, leave them over night, until they are dry, and then pop them in your blender for a quick second, you get a great 'mealy' consistency. That, added to any granola recipe really makes it very much like the real deal, or rather, the cooked deal. You know how some granola (muesli to people of my part of the world) are really chunky, and others are a bit more powdery? Well, using the buckwheat meal makes the powdery kind which I really like.

[hibisanpo]

All of the above. But I have just discovered that if you leave soak them for 20 minutes, leave them over night, until they are dry, and then pop them in your blender for a quick second, you get a great 'mealy' consistency. That, added to any granola recipe really makes it very much like the real deal, or rather, the cooked deal. You know how some granola (muesli to people of my part of the world) are really chunky, and others are a bit more powdery? Well, using the buckwheat meal makes the powdery kind which I really like.

that is a great idea. i usually soak my buckwheat groats overnight, drain them and give them a whirl in the FP with some salt, cinnamon and dates for a wet oatmeal.

[FreeLily]

I have some sprouting now in my easy crop sprouter...can't wait to start making granola!