Amaranth

[Intrepidtrier]

Does anyone have any recipes for using amaranth??? I bought some from the health shop the other day and don`t really know what to do with it. It tastes really nice by itself so I was thinking about just putting it in salads for a bit of different texture. Let me know how you would use it. Thanks Sandy

[judydawn]

Paperfreak has done some lists for ingredients from some of the books Intrepidtrier.  If you go to the childboard of Cookbook Contents in Recipe Reviews and type in the word amaranth, the recipes will come up with that word highlighted.  I saw a couple in the Gluten Free book, one was for muffins and the other porridge.

[achookwoman]

If you have bought the whole grain,  you can boil it and use it as you would Pearl barley.  You can add the cooked grain to bread,  You can also grind it to form flour.

[andiesenji]

This site has some good information and a few recipes for amaranth.

You can combine it for other grains for a pilaf, or porridge  and  you can "pop" it  and stir it into cookie dough or roll sticky candy in the popped grains (eat soon after preparing).
Some ideas here.

How to pop amaranth.  be sure to watch the second part of the video.


You can also plant some of the seeds (in pots) and grow the plants for the greens.  The leaves can be cooked like spinach.

[Intrepidtrier]

Thanks for all the swift replies. I have checked out the sites and got a few new recipes to try. Thanks again Sandy

[cecilia]

I was sure I had seen Amaranth Flour listed in some Thermomix recipes so I bought some recently to add to the pantry.

Reading up, I found this info on a blog that seems to belong on this thread:

Amaranth flour can be bought in health food shops (and, now I think,  the supermarket). It has a nutty flavour and can be substituted for 20% of the normal wheat flour in a batch of bread. It’s protein is about 6% higher than that of wheat flour.

Some recipes:

http://www.grainfreeliving.com/recipes/cakes-cookies-a-sweet-treats/126-amaranth-berry-cake