Australian Sweet LUPIN FLOUR
last week i had a chance meeting with David from The Lupin Co at a Bee Buddy meeting in Fremantle when David spoke about using Lupin flour as a supplementary bee food and making bee patties for over wintering bees. I have since had a meeting with David and will be assisting on helping develop some bread formulas for the home bread baker. i will be doing a number of bakes and increasing the Lupin flour content . i have had my first bake where i followed a recipe as written by a baker that was assisting David but unfortunately died suddenly. i followed it to the letter just to familiarise myself with the feel of the dough and its characteristics.
i also have a few of my own ideas that i would like to explore along the way If anyone has any ideas on crackers focaccias and even pizza crusts that we might try then please let me know . i was very pleased with the first bake and the dough handled well . attached are some pictures of the result including toast from this morning which was really tasty. We also tried the flakes on our chicken schnitzel and enjoyed them too.
Comments
Interesting Derek, I hadn’t heard of Lupin flour before so had to look it up. It is a legume and can be either sweet or bitter and I think most of the Lupin flour is from the sweet variety of the bean.
Benny
Benny you are not alone on that score and i think you are going to hear a lot more about it too, And we grow more of it here in Western Australia than anywhere else! It was grown mostly as a stock feed and also as a valuable rotational crop one that actually fixed nitrogen in the soil, it is not overly thirsty and has a long tap root all good things for our Australian Farmers we are now unlocking its value as a high protein low carb high dietary fibre legume for us humans.
Derek
I'm getting excited after reading this post. my Lupin flour is not far away.
Cheers,
Gavin.