On May 15, 7:46*pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> "Ricavito" > wrote in message
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> ...
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> > Anyone have any experience making flour from fava beans (horse beans,
> > fool, etc)? *We grow them as a winter cover in garden because they fix
> > so much nitrogen in the soil. *Fresh fava beans are very good but kind
> > of a hassle to work with b/c each bean has to be individually peeled.
> > We also end up each year with a bushel or more of dried beans and our
> > family has taken to locking the door when they see us coming with give
> > aways bags.
>
> > Since I found chickpea flour to be delicious, it got me thinking that
> > there might be a way to make fava bean flour too. *(Or maybe we should
> > just start growing chickpeas, LOL.)
>
> > Any thoughts/experiences appreciated. * There is a type of hummus made
> > from fava that I have in Malta, but I haven't found a good receipe.
>
> You can buy fava bean or bean blend flour. *I use a rice blend with beans in
> it for gluten free baking. *You can't sub it for regular flour and must add
> Xanthan gum.

Thanks Julie, I guess anything that can be dried can be made into
flour. I'm not much of a baker, but using it to bread meat or
vegetables kind of satisfies my fried chicken/french fry jones,
although it is not something I would do all the time b/c the frying
really ups the calorie count and I am on a life long quest to lose the
spare tire around my mid section.

I really love the taste of chickpea/garbanzo/cecci bean flour and
supposedly it is gluten free. Someone else I talked with suggested
adding a little baking soda to the mix if I wanted bean flour coating
to puff up a bit.