Sunday, August 28, 2011

Bad buckwheat

I had no idea what buckwheat tasted like, until I made these buckwheat pancakes. I hated them with all my heart. Buckwheat has a really strong taste -- probably an acquired taste for those who like it -- with some lovely dirt and dust undertones. It is extremely healthy, however, and gluten-free, which is important for some people.

This recipe was a cute-looking one found in my daughter's Mother Goose cookbook. It called for half buckwheat flour and half white flour. I wonder if they would have been tolerable with just a fourth buckwheat? I'm almost crazy enough to try it.

THE RECIPE:

1/2 c. sifted white flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 Tbsp. sugar
1/2 c. unsifted buckwheat flour
2 eggs
1/4 c. melted and cooled butter
1 c. buttermilk

In medium bowl, mix white flour with salt, baking powder, soda and sugar. Stir in buckwheat flour. In a small bowl, combine eggs, cooled butter and buttermilk. Add to dry ingredients, mixing until just combined. Batter should be lumpy. Heat an oiled griddle or skillet to medium. Pour 4-inch rounds of batter onto skillet and cook until bubbles form on surface and edges become dry. Turn and cook until nicely browned on underside. Eat, and try not to gag.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

I hate buckwheat. In the UK though they try to sneak it into lots of gluten free products. It is bearable in savoury food but they put it in biscuits (cookies) and it just overpowers the whole thing. The worst was when my husband and I discovered a very decadent gluten free triple chocolate cake in a cafe. The diet was forgotten we shared a slice and... Didn't even finish it, it was buckwheat-tastic! Vile stuff, what a disappointment. There are so many good tasting flours out there I don't know why anyone endures buckwheat unless they love it!!

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Anonymous said...

Totally agree. I made a small loaf of bread using just buckwheat flour and I can’t stand it. The rest of the small bag of buckwheat flour is being thrown away this morning.