bean "pasta"?
Dawn..look at barilla plus..i think it is made with lintels. I use it when i make pasta dishes and have only a very little, and the family likes it too!
Polly in NC "People will for get what you say, they will forget what you do, but they will never forget how you make them feel" Maya Angelou
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First, I want to say that I've never tried this, but I think it sounds like a doable and interesting idea. I have a cookbook called "Country Beans" by Rita Bingham. She doesn't have any recipes for pasta, but there are many recipes for non-traditional bean items such as breads, sauces, cookies and even candies. Many of her recipes are made using bean flour. I have scanned in two sections of her book, from pages 172 and 174 and I'm quoting them for you below.
Bean Flours
Beans ground to a fine flour can be added in small quantities to nearly everything you cook. Beans in this form seem to be easier to digest since they require no chewing. Also, using beans in small quantities regularly is the easiest way to help your digestive system develop the enzymes necessary to digest beans efficiently. Bean flours are used in baked goods made from your regular recipes in combination with other flours, or as cream soups, sauces, dips or in loaves, patties or casseroles. Bean flours provide the fastest and easiest way to prepare bean meals.
Stone Ground Bean, Pea and Lentil flours can be ordered directly from Bob's Red Mill at 5209 S. E. International Way, Milwaukie, OR 97222, or phone (503) 654-3215, fax (503) 653-1339. You may request a mail order catalog or the name of a Red Mill distributor near you. Also available is a new Gift Pack containing four 24 oz. packages of your choice of Bean, Pea or Lentil Flours. Each package includes recipes. Flours available are Black, Pinto, Garbanzo and White Bean, Green Pea and Red Lentil.
Grinding Bean Flour
****When added to boiling water, bean flours thicken in only 1 minute, and in 3 minutes are ready to eat. Bean flours added to baked goods increase vitamins and minerals and provide a source of complete protein.
Modem equipment for the kitchen has revolutionized the use of beans! Dry beans can be ground to a fine flour using a hand grinder for small quantities, or electric mills for larger quantities. Bean flour stores for up to 6 months on the shelf, 1 year under refrigeration, and is great to have on hand for "instant" soups, sauces, dips, sandwich fillings and gravies, and to add to almost everything you cook or bake.
There are at least 2 electric home mills which are guaranteed to grind all types of grains and beans to a flour as fine as wheat flour. These are the K- Tec Kitchen Mill (1-800-748-5400), and the GrainMaster Whisper Mill (801) 263-8900. The Back To Basics hand mill (1-800-688-1989) will also grind grains and beans to a flour, although not quite as fine. Mills with grinding stones must be cleaned after each 2 cups of beans by grinding 1 cup of hard wheat. Do not grind soy beans if your mill uses grinding stones. If beans are too large to go easily into the grinding chamber of your electric mill, crack first with a blender or hand grain cracker. Sort beans, checking for broken, dirty beans or rock pieces. (Most beans nowdays have been "triple cleaned," making this step unnecessary.) Pour into hopper of your mill. 1 like to place the mill in my kitchen sink to eliminate most of the bean dust from grinding. Set mill to grind on medium-fine. The resulting flour should be as fine as the wheat flour used in baking breads, cookies, etc. (A small electric seed or coffee mill, or heavy-duty blender can be used, but will produce a more coarse flour.) Turn on mill and begin (if necessary) stirring beans where they go into the grinding chamber (with the handle of a spoon) so they will not get stuck. This is not necessary in some mills or for smaller beans or for peas and lentils. Sponge filter should be cleaned after each 2 cups of beans in the K-Tec. (Or, keep an extra filter on hand.) If flour is being thrown from mill, cover mill with a large kitchen towel, leaving a small opening for stirring beans.
Beans which have absorbed excess moisture will cause caking on electric mill parts. Thoroughly brush away flour residue from mill after each use. (I like to use a clean, stiff paint brush.) Then run 1 cup of dry grain through the mill to clean out internal parts. Store flour in an air tight container, preferably in the refrigerator if not used within several weeks.
Bean Flours
Beans ground to a fine flour can be added in small quantities to nearly everything you cook. Beans in this form seem to be easier to digest since they require no chewing. Also, using beans in small quantities regularly is the easiest way to help your digestive system develop the enzymes necessary to digest beans efficiently. Bean flours are used in baked goods made from your regular recipes in combination with other flours, or as cream soups, sauces, dips or in loaves, patties or casseroles. Bean flours provide the fastest and easiest way to prepare bean meals.
Stone Ground Bean, Pea and Lentil flours can be ordered directly from Bob's Red Mill at 5209 S. E. International Way, Milwaukie, OR 97222, or phone (503) 654-3215, fax (503) 653-1339. You may request a mail order catalog or the name of a Red Mill distributor near you. Also available is a new Gift Pack containing four 24 oz. packages of your choice of Bean, Pea or Lentil Flours. Each package includes recipes. Flours available are Black, Pinto, Garbanzo and White Bean, Green Pea and Red Lentil.
Grinding Bean Flour
****When added to boiling water, bean flours thicken in only 1 minute, and in 3 minutes are ready to eat. Bean flours added to baked goods increase vitamins and minerals and provide a source of complete protein.
Modem equipment for the kitchen has revolutionized the use of beans! Dry beans can be ground to a fine flour using a hand grinder for small quantities, or electric mills for larger quantities. Bean flour stores for up to 6 months on the shelf, 1 year under refrigeration, and is great to have on hand for "instant" soups, sauces, dips, sandwich fillings and gravies, and to add to almost everything you cook or bake.
There are at least 2 electric home mills which are guaranteed to grind all types of grains and beans to a flour as fine as wheat flour. These are the K- Tec Kitchen Mill (1-800-748-5400), and the GrainMaster Whisper Mill (801) 263-8900. The Back To Basics hand mill (1-800-688-1989) will also grind grains and beans to a flour, although not quite as fine. Mills with grinding stones must be cleaned after each 2 cups of beans by grinding 1 cup of hard wheat. Do not grind soy beans if your mill uses grinding stones. If beans are too large to go easily into the grinding chamber of your electric mill, crack first with a blender or hand grain cracker. Sort beans, checking for broken, dirty beans or rock pieces. (Most beans nowdays have been "triple cleaned," making this step unnecessary.) Pour into hopper of your mill. 1 like to place the mill in my kitchen sink to eliminate most of the bean dust from grinding. Set mill to grind on medium-fine. The resulting flour should be as fine as the wheat flour used in baking breads, cookies, etc. (A small electric seed or coffee mill, or heavy-duty blender can be used, but will produce a more coarse flour.) Turn on mill and begin (if necessary) stirring beans where they go into the grinding chamber (with the handle of a spoon) so they will not get stuck. This is not necessary in some mills or for smaller beans or for peas and lentils. Sponge filter should be cleaned after each 2 cups of beans in the K-Tec. (Or, keep an extra filter on hand.) If flour is being thrown from mill, cover mill with a large kitchen towel, leaving a small opening for stirring beans.
Beans which have absorbed excess moisture will cause caking on electric mill parts. Thoroughly brush away flour residue from mill after each use. (I like to use a clean, stiff paint brush.) Then run 1 cup of dry grain through the mill to clean out internal parts. Store flour in an air tight container, preferably in the refrigerator if not used within several weeks.
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