Description
This is my goto keto flour replacement base.
I use it in all recipes that call for any keto friendly flour as an alternative to using solely Almond Flour or Coconut Flour.
Its not a like for like replacement however and I have had to experiment with the replacement quantities over the years.
Despite this i find this very forgiving so long as you er on the side of caution when using it and use less whenver you are unsure.
A good rule of thumb that I normally start with is to go like for like by volume not weight.
So if a recipe calls for a Tablespoon of Almond Flour I will use a Tablespoon of this flour.
Bamboo Fibre is far less dense than almond flour so a Tablespoon will weigh a lot less despite the same volume used.
You will find that I use this in recipes throughout this site.
The base ingredients are rather expensive however you will realise that flour based recipes are a treat on keto and as such the initial expense will prove worthwhile with a flour that stores well in your cupboard and lasts for many months of "normal" usage.
For me normal usage being no more than a couple of chaffles per day on average.
I should at this point also make the obligatory fibre warning too. You wouldn't want to eat too much of this flour in anyways due to the extremely high fibre ratio in its macros.
The good thing about it is you should find that if you eat around 4 chaffles you will be left feeling very full. Too many however and you will likely begin to feel bloat!
The real magic behind using this flour as opposed to almond flour is its low calories. Almond flour being nut based really eats into your calories allowance and almond flour recipes dont really fill you up much for the amount of calories.
In preparation for this recipe you will require a suitable sealable plastic container. A container of 5 litres or more should suffice.
You will also require a decent food scale and ideally I would recommend a precision scale for measuring the xanthan gum.
I would advise against using volume measurements like cups and tablespoons as the flours can often easily be compressed by quite a large amount.
You will be storing this for some time so I would also strongly advise thouroghly re cleaning and drying the container prior to storing the flour.
Bamboo Fibre is very dry and will absorb even the slightest bit of moisture which you definitly do not want if you are storing for some time.
I tend to use this recipe in table spoon amounts. Depending on how compressed the flour sits in the table spoon it can vary in weight. I use 4g as an average tablespoon serving weight for this flour mix.
You will get roughly 100 servings from this batch.
Ingredients
Serves 48 - tap to check off
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200 Grams Bamboo Fibre Flour
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180 Grams Almond Flour
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80 Grams Egg White Albumen Powder
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15 Grams Xanthan gum
Steps
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You need to have a large plastic sealable container to keep your flour.
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Weigh out 200g of Bamboo Fibre Flour and add it to your container
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weigh out 180g of almond flour and add it to your container
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Weigh out 80g of egg white albumen powder and add it to the container.
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Using a precision scale weigh out 15g of xanthan gum and add it to the container
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secure the container lid properly and give it a good shake.
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store in a cool dry cupboard.