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Spent Grain Flour

By thomas #Dehydrator, #Flour, #Food Processor, #Grain Mill, #Spent Grain, #Spent Grain Flour, #Westfort

Codename : Westfort Spent Grain Flour

Previously I had baked with the spent grain, going to mix it up by taking that wet spent grain, dry it out, and grind it into flour. This method utilises a dehydrator.

Ingredients

  • At least 4 cups of spent grain (4 cups should get you about 1 cup of finished product)

Instructions

  • Line the trays with paper towel or baking parchment, else the grain will fall though.
  • Scoop the grain onto the paper, approximately 1/4″ or 1 cm thick.
  • Stack the trays, following your manufacturers recommendations.
  • Set the dehydrator at 110F for 12-14 hours, overnight worked well.
  • Allow the dried grain to cool to room temperature.
  • You will know it is done, from the golden colour, and crispy texture.
  • (You can skip this step, I did not find it as useful as I thought), grind the dried grain in your grain mill. What came out was more in the consistency of wheat bran, not quite flour.
  • Put the grain in your food processor and pulse it until you have a flour consistency.
Start with your spent grain

 

Line the trays

 

Scoop in the grain to an approximate thickness of 1/4 inch.

 

Set to 110 F, allow it to run for 12-14 hours.

 

Dry, golden, and crispy

 

After going through the food processor, you have something that almost resembles flour.

This batch of flour was made from my recent best bitter beer.

Mill Date : 20-Sep-2023

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