Guest guest Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 Digestivewellness.com has blanched hazelnut flour also. I have used hazelnut flour for about 5 years, off and on. It is more pricey than some of the other flours. I also use coconut flour, which I get from Tropical Traditions when it is on sale.I can get some hazelnut flour at our farmers markets in summer. It is from Holmquisthazelnuts.com sources other than that:bobsredmill.comkingarthurflour.comnutsonline.com Darlene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 Kim,I am like you and would need to be able to do a large quantity, but have always wondered about a coffee grinder. I bought a nice hand grain mill that came with grinding stones and steel grinding plates. I just got it and tried it, but it takes forever to grind just a cup! I am using whole blanched, soaked, dehydrated almonds, so maybe it is the size that is having trouble feeding into the auger. Does your coffee grinder accept whole almonds? The other thing I didn't like was that it basically makes almond butter! I am still working with it, but I have to admit that I am just a little bit frustrated. I wanted something that didn't require electricity, that is one of the reasons I bought this one. Most grinders don't handle oily nuts/seeds, but this one did, the second reason I liked it. I also have a hand crank meat grinder. I have been wondering if it would do a better job, but don't see how it could possibly making anything fine like a flour.AmeliaTo: BTVC-SCD Sent: Wed, May 5, 2010 1:26:19 PMSubject: Re: Hazelnut Flour Amelia The coffee bean grinder makes a very fine flour. Fine as in size and texture!! It isn't quite as fine as the almond flour I get from Lucy's Kitchen Shop, but very close. And certainly finer than what I can get from my food processor, and the pecan meal I have purchased from commercial sources. The only disadvantage to using a coffee bean grinder is that the amounts are small, so it takes a while to make enough for a recipe. I tend to use the coffee bean grinder for the speciality nut flours, when I just need a cup to add to my other flours in a recipe. There are specialty nut mills or grinders that will undoubtedly work well, especially if you go through a large volume of nut flours. I've read about them, but haven't seen one or used one. Kim M. SCD 5 years > > Kim, > > "Depending on how much volume I need, I use either a Cuisanart food processor, or a coffee bean grinder, to make the nut flours." > > Just curious, how well does the coffee bean grinder work for grinding nuts? Is it as fine as commercially produced nut flour? > > Amelia > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 Amelia I haven’t tried almonds in my coffee bean grinder for five years or so, as I’ve been getting almond flour from Lucy’s Kitchen Shop (and I don’t use much almond flour in recipes anyway, my digestion doesn’t cope). But I suspect you’d need to chop the almonds a bit, to get them down to the size of a coffee bean for the coffee bean grinder to be effective. Perhaps you could put the whole, blanched almonds through a few pulses of the food processor, then transfer them to the coffee bean grinder to finish up? When I use walnuts, pecans, hazelnuts or cashews in the coffee bean grinder, I start off with pieces, or chop them roughly. Depending on the size of the nut I start with, and how much energy I have, I sometimes put them through a few pulses of the food processor, then transfer them over to the coffee bean grinder to finish, to get the flour the correct texture for my recipe. Nut meals are OK for most of my recipes, but sometimes I do need a flour so use the coffee bean grinder to get that finer texture. If I was grinding almonds, then I would have them chopped roughly or in pieces before I put them in the coffee bean grinder, simply because the coffee bean grinder won’t work well unless the pieces are small, not half or whole almonds. Unfortunately, too much grinding will move beyond flour or meal and into butter. There is a fine line between the two, and I feel certain that some grinders are more difficult to control. I think I’ll find an official nut grinder and give it a try. I’d like to get away from needing electricity for this process, as well. There are plenty of nut grinders available, according to the Google search I just ran [grin]. I’m not sure how much longer my coffee bean grinder (it uses electricity) will last anyway. Kim M. SCD 6 years >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I am like you and would need to be able to do a large quantity, but have always wondered about a coffee grinder. I bought a nice hand grain mill that came with grinding stones and steel grinding plates. I just got it and tried it, but it takes forever to grind just a cup! I am using whole blanched, soaked, dehydrated almonds, so maybe it is the size that is having trouble feeding into the auger. Does your coffee grinder accept whole almonds? The other thing I didn't like was that it basically makes almond butter! I am still working with it, but I have to admit that I am just a little bit frustrated. I wanted something that didn't require electricity, that is one of the reasons I bought this one. Most grinders don't handle oily nuts/seeds, but this one did, the second reason I liked it. I also have a hand crank meat grinder. I have been wondering if it would do a better job, but don't see how it could possibly making anything fine like a flour. Amelia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 DigestiveWellness.com carries blanched hazelnut flour. Carol CD 22 yrs SCD 5 yrs From: BTVC-SCD [mailto:BTVC-SCD ] On Behalf Of kaitlynandkim My husband thought we should look into trying hazelnut flour (blanched) first to see how she tolerates it in a small quantity. It seems like it's hard to find blanched with a fine texture like the almond flour and in bulk. I think I will try _,_._,___ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 At 11:33 PM 5/6/2010, you wrote: go further than that, even. Pecan butter is such a nice dark brown that somehow the color half convinces me it tastes like chocolate! Butter pecan satin is so rich you won't miss chocolate! — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Babette the Foundling Beagle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2010 Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 At 11:50 PM 5/7/2010, you wrote: And I'm going to try that butter pecan satin, too! Maybe this weekend. Actually, awhile before SCD and I met up, I tried some organic unsweetened, totally unadulturated chocolate. BOY did I get a rash! So butter pecan satin it will be for treats! It's good! <g> In fact, I'm trying to decide between it, and cherry-pecan cake for my birthday a week from Monday! — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Babette the Foundling Beagle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 Marilyn,Your birthday is the same as my husbands! No wonder you are such a tough bird -- a persistent Taurean!AmeliaTo: BTVC-SCD Sent: Sun, May 9, 2010 5:02:44 AMSubject: Re: Re: Hazelnut Flour At 11:50 PM 5/7/2010, you wrote: And I'm going to try that butter pecan satin, too! Maybe this weekend. Actually, awhile before SCD and I met up, I tried some organic unsweetened, totally unadulturated chocolate. BOY did I get a rash! So butter pecan satin it will be for treats! It's good! <g> In fact, I'm trying to decide between it, and cherry-pecan cake for my birthday a week from Monday! — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Babette the Foundling Beagle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 Kim,Thanks for the insights. The almonds I tried chopping first and it worked much better. The pecans just wanted to turn to butter no matter what. I think I am just going to have to work with what I have for now. Maybe if I blend the almonds and the pecans together, roughly chop, and then grinding them it won't go to butter so easily. Oh well!AmeliaTo: BTVC-SCD Sent: Thu, May 6, 2010 1:42:04 PMSubject: Re: Re: Hazelnut Flour Amelia I haven’t tried almonds in my coffee bean grinder for five years or so, as I’ve been getting almond flour from Lucy’s Kitchen Shop (and I don’t use much almond flour in recipes anyway, my digestion doesn’t cope). But I suspect you’d need to chop the almonds a bit, to get them down to the size of a coffee bean for the coffee bean grinder to be effective. Perhaps you could put the whole, blanched almonds through a few pulses of the food processor, then transfer them to the coffee bean grinder to finish up? When I use walnuts, pecans, hazelnuts or cashews in the coffee bean grinder, I start off with pieces, or chop them roughly. Depending on the size of the nut I start with, and how much energy I have, I sometimes put them through a few pulses of the food processor, then transfer them over to the coffee bean grinder to finish, to get the flour the correct texture for my recipe. Nut meals are OK for most of my recipes, but sometimes I do need a flour so use the coffee bean grinder to get that finer texture. If I was grinding almonds, then I would have them chopped roughly or in pieces before I put them in the coffee bean grinder, simply because the coffee bean grinder won’t work well unless the pieces are small, not half or whole almonds. Unfortunately, too much grinding will move beyond flour or meal and into butter. There is a fine line between the two, and I feel certain that some grinders are more difficult to control. I think I’ll find an official nut grinder and give it a try. I’d like to get away from needing electricity for this process, as well. There are plenty of nut grinders available, according to the Google search I just ran [grin]. I’m not sure how much longer my coffee bean grinder (it uses electricity) will last anyway. Kim M. SCD 6 years >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I am like you and would need to be able to do a large quantity, but have always wondered about a coffee grinder. I bought a nice hand grain mill that came with grinding stones and steel grinding plates. I just got it and tried it, but it takes forever to grind just a cup! I am using whole blanched, soaked, dehydrated almonds, so maybe it is the size that is having trouble feeding into the auger. Does your coffee grinder accept whole almonds? The other thing I didn't like was that it basically makes almond butter! I am still working with it, but I have to admit that I am just a little bit frustrated. I wanted something that didn't require electricity, that is one of the reasons I bought this one. Most grinders don't handle oily nuts/seeds, but this one did, the second reason I liked it. I also have a hand crank meat grinder. I have been wondering if it would do a better job, but don't see how it could possibly making anything fine like a flour. Amelia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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