One of the most delicious plant milks to make when summer comes around would be tigernut horchata, especially in the Mediterranean area. Both tigernut and almond milk have been well-loved drinks for centuries in all Valencian Community, Catalonia, Balearic Islands and the south of Italy. Horchata doesn’t hold up to high temperatures well, and therefore will ferment very fast. This is the reason … [Read more...]
Carob Tigernut Flour Cake
Tigernut pulp, just like nut pulp, can be used in Yogurt, soup, purees and salads, and it also makes a wonderful pasta toppings. When it comes to baking, it can be used instead of actual Tigernut flour in cake, cookies and even bread. However, it is necessary to take into account that it’s a wetter ingredient, so you will need to decrease the amount of water/milk/liquids in the recipe. Today … [Read more...]
Homemade tigernut milk vs storebought: A scientific study on nutritional differences
Here in ChufaMix, we’ve been long looking around the web to find some kind of scientific studies on the differences between both homemade and store-bought plant milks, mainly related to their nutritional properties. Hard to believe that, as different as both drinks are, no research could be found. It’s sad to think that’s it’s easier to find a tutorial on how to make a homemade bomb on the … [Read more...]
