The Best Alternative Flours to Add to Your Baking Pantry
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The Best Alternative Flours to Add to Your Pantry

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Traditional wheat flour serves as the basis for a number of foods, including bread, pasta, pastries and other baked goods. But did you know

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The Best Alternative Flours to Add to Your Baking Pantry

You don't have to be gluten-intolerant or following a specific diet to benefit from expanding your kitchen's flour collection. Many alternative flours to traditional wheat are higher in various nutrients, have more flavor and offer distinct advantages. In fact, more and more substitutes are popping up in recipes on blogs and dedicated food websites. While they are not all a perfect replacement to wheat flour, you can learn to incorporate them into your baking and cooking recipes in many ways. Here are six of the best flour alternatives to add to your pantry.


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ingredients

  • 1 head broccoli
  • 1 egg
  • 1 ¾ cups of your favorite shredded cheese (we recommend two types- 1 cup of one, ¾ cup of the other) 
  • 1 cup tomato sauce (or canned crushed tomatoes)
  • ¾ cup shredded cheese
  • ½ cup grated Parmesan
  • 9 slices coppa ham

METHOD

  1. Cut the broccoli and boil until soft.
  2. Place the broccoli in a blender.
  3. In a bowl, add an egg and ¾ cup of shredded cheese, mix until solid.
  4. Form a ball and roll it flat on an oven tray.
  5. Bake in the oven for 20 min at 350° F.
  6. Once out of the oven, spread the tomato sauce evenly on the broccoli crust.
  7. Layer 1 cup of shredded cheese.
  8. Place a layer of Coppa ham.
  9. Top off with of grated Parmesan cheese.
  10. Slide it back into the oven until the cheese melts.
  11. Serve! 

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