Soup with Acorn Flour.
Soup - prežganka is a soup that warms us up and regulates digestion.
Prežganka is a soup made by roasting and browning flour.
The preparation is quick and easy. We will need max. 10 minutes.
A very basic recipe contains fat, flour, water, salt, and eggs.
Of course, many variations of this soup have evolved from this.
Recipe for prežganka🥣 with acorn flour 👌.
Ingredients:
✅ half a spoonful of butter or vegetable oil,
✅ spoon of wheat flour,
✅ spoon of acorn flour,
✅ cumin (ground and whole),
✅ pinch of salt,
✅ pinch of pepper
✅ 2,5 dcl of water,
✅ 1 (smaller) egg,
✅ Parsley for sprinkling.
Preparation:
Melt the butter in a saucepan. Then sprinkle a spoonful of wheat flour and a spoonful of acorn flour, and roast/brown them on low heat while stirring. (But be careful not to burn it‼)
Gradually pour in the water, stirring constantly to melt all the lumps. Season to taste with salt, pepper, and cumin (ground and whole), and cook the soup for a few minutes until it boils.
Beat the egg well in a cup and slowly cook it in the boiling soup while constantly stirring. Cook for another 1-2 minutes until the egg is scrambled, then remove the pot.
Beat the egg well in a cup and slowly cook it in the boiling soup while constantly stirring. Cook for another 1 - 2 minutes, until the egg is scrambled, then put the pot aside.
Serve the prežganka on deep plates and sprinkle with a little chopped parsley.
Enjoy.
Have a wonderful day 😉
Irena
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Acorn Flour as a Source of Bioactive Compounds in Gluten-Free Bread
I came across a study with the title
Acorn Flour as a Source of Bioactive Compounds in Gluten-Free Bread
You can read the entire study/article here.
Short summary.
This study aimed to evaluate the use of acorn flour as a source of bioactive compounds and a naturally gluten-free ingredient for baking gluten-free bread.
The study used acorns of Holm oak (Quercus rotundifolia and Quercus ilex) and Cork oak ( Quercus suber).
The nutritional and functional properties of acorns are exceptional:
- rich in unsaturated fatty acids and fiber,
- vitamin E,
- chlorophylls,
- carotenoids,
- phenolic compounds and
- antioxidant properties.
Acorn flour can be considered a good source of bioactive compounds and antioxidants in gluten-free bread.
In terms of sensory properties, the addition of acorn flour had a positive effect on most parameters (texture, volume, color, and general quality), making the bread darker and more beautiful in appearance.
The study found that the 23% inclusion level of acorn flour was the most desirable in terms of sensory evaluation.
Therefore, the use of acorn flour provides nutrients and bioactive compounds that enable the enrichment of gluten-free bread and at the same time reveal attractive sensory properties.
It is interesting that by rediscovering the value of such an important ingredient in the past, we are moving towards innovation.
In addition, acorns are an underutilized resource that can be reintroduced into the food chain with multiple benefits.
Acorn Flour is available here.
Have a lovely Thursday 😉
Irena
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Acorn Face Oil
Last month's topic was Acorn Extract.
You can read more here.
You can check that there are already some acorn cosmetic products on the links below:
- https://coscorea.com/products/manyo-factory-zaodam-acorns-pore-care-toner-300ml
- https://acornoak.com.au/product/anti-inflammatory-cream/
- https://n8ivbeauty.com/products/starlight-regenerative-acorn-oil-serum
Of course, you can prepare your own oil version for face and body care at home.
Homemade Acorn Face Oil
Preparation:
- put 5 spoons of almond oil in a container/pan and heat it up a little.
- Then add half a spoonful of acorn coffee and heat on low heat for 30 minutes and occasionally stir the mixture.
- Cool the oil, *strain, and pour into a bottle.
*Acorn coffee grounds are used for facial peeling.
Have a lovely February day 😉
Irena
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Acorn Extract 🤔🤨❓
This week I found a document that confirms the positive effects of acorn - acorn extract for skin and hair care.
You can view the document here.
Acorn Extract acts as an astringent and healing agent.
Acorn Extract has antiseptic, antieczematous, and lenitive properties.
It helps to treat inflamed, damaged, irritated, and infected skin.
Acorn Extract combats sweating and is suitable for skin and oily hair care applications.
Acorn extract can be used in shampoos, conditioners, and body and face skin care.
If you are one of those who use the same ingredients in cosmetic products as in food, then prepare an Acorn Coffee tonic.
Preparation:
- brew acorn coffee according to the instructions (one small cup is enough),
- separate the liquid from the sediment,
- apply the liquid with a cotton ball to the face or other affected area (e.g. scalp), and let it absorb.
Keep the tonic in the fridge.
Have a nice January day 😉
Irena
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We are in a magical✨December 🎄🎀
This is the month of decorating🎄🎀 , tempting smells🍪🧁 , best wishes🤝, toasting 🍾🥂, closure🔚, 🆕 beginnings 🔝 and gift-giving 🎁.
The advent decoration on my working table this year looks like this 👇.
My favorite advent wreath with acorn caps is still this one 👇
I can say that one of the best Christmas gifts is one that you can eat.
The exception is children and teenagers, they like different gifts.
If you agree with me, you can give cookies 🍪 that you made yourself in a decorated 🎀 jar.
Here is my EVERGREEN recipe for Xmass Cookies with Acorn Flour.
(I use this recipe since 2017 and I love it 💜💜).
1. Ingredients:
- 140 g butter,
- 100g of muscovado sugar,
- 3 tablespoons of honey,
- 175g flour, 175g Acorn Flour,
- a spoonful of baking powder,
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon,
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger,
- pinch of salt,
- a pinch of pepper.
2. Preparation:
Put flour, Acorn Flour, baking powder, and spices - cinnamon, ginger, a pinch of salt, and a pinch of pepper in a bowl.Melt the butter in a pan, and add sugar and honey. Add this mixture to the ingredients in a bowl and knead a firm dough.
Place the dough in the cold for half an hour.
Then roll it out to a thickness of 4 to 5 mm on a floured surface or on baking paper and cut out the biscuits with a model and place them on the baking tray.
Bake the biscuits in a preheated oven at 180 ° C for about 11 minutes.
Then wait for them to cool. If desired, decorate them with glaze, chocolate, etc.
xoxoxo🎅🏽🎄🎁
I wish you a magical ✨ December.
Have a nice day 😉
Irena
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This is how I prepared bread with acorn flour 5️⃣ years ago.
More than five 5️⃣ years ago, I baked my first bread with acorn flour.
Look at the photo 👇👇.
I have been using the recipe for bread with acorn flour ever since, with some adjustments.
These are:
- instead of 5-grain flour, I use classic wheat flour,
- instead of homemade acorn flour, I use the same one that I sell, available HERE,
- and I use a smaller proportion of acorn flour because my children are not fans of "dark or black" bread.
Recipe for Bread with Acorn Flour
.
1. Ingredients:
- 200 g flour of 5 grains wheat, spelled, rye, barley, durum wheat in different proportions (if desired, use regular all-purpose flour),
- 100 g of acorn flour (prepared at home),
- 1.2 dag of yeast,
- approx. 2 dcl of water,
- little sugar
- spoon of olive oil.
2. Preparation:
- First, prepare the yeast. Crush the yeast in a bowl, and add a little lukewarm water, a pinch of sugar, and a spoonful of flour. Let it rise in a warm place.
- Sift the flour into a bowl, and make a well in the middle around which add salt.
- Pour the risen yeast into the well. Mix a little flour with a food processor and slowly pour in the lukewarm water, gradually incorporating the surrounding flour. If desired, add a spoonful of olive oil.
- When all the liquid has been combined with the flour, it is necessary to knead the dough with your hands for at least 10 minutes.
- When the dough is kneaded (in my case it was not as smooth and flexible as bread made from wheat flour), put it back in the bowl, cover it with a tea towel, and put it in a warm place.
- We wait for it to rise. Make sure that the dough has risen enough by pressing on it with your finger - if there is a visible indentation, the dough has risen enough.
- Mix it well again for approx. 3 min. Then the dough is placed in the mold (if desired, you can also cover the mold with baking paper). The dough should rise again. Heat the oven to 180°C.
- When the dough increases its volume a second time, it is ready for baking. Brush it with lukewarm water and put it in the oven. Bake approx. 40 min. A general rule of the first 15 min. we don't open the oven at all, because it rises the most at this time. If we want a crispy crust, bake it for 10 min. before the end, anoint with water once more.
When the bread is baked, take it out of the mold (if you used baking paper, peel it off).
Wait for it to cool down.
Have a nice day 😉.
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Halloween Cookies with Acorn Flour
October 31st - Halloween is coming up, so I decided on "spooky" Halloween Cookies with Acorn Flour.
The recipe is very simple.
1. Ingredients:
✅140 g of melted butter,
✅
90 g of (regular) flour,
✅
90 g of acorn flour,
✅
50 g of powdered sugar,
✅
grated peel of one orange,
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three tablespoons of orange juice.
2. Preparation:
1️⃣ put sifted flour in a bowl, add powdered sugar, grated orange peel, three tablespoons of orange juice, and melted butter. Mix all the ingredients well and knead them into a dough.
2️⃣ Wrap the dough in foil and let it rest for approx. 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
3️⃣The dough is then shaped into balls, flattened, placed on baking paper, and shaped.
4️⃣Bake in a preheated oven at 160°C for 18 to 20 minutes, depending on the thickness of the cookies.
I wish you a pleasant sweetening.
Have a nice day 😉
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Quick "office" snack with Acorn Coffee in a glass.
It certainly happens that you don't have enough time for lunch.
But you have time for a snack.
Here is a suggestion for a quick "office" snack with Acorn Coffee in a glass.
1. Ingredients:
✅6 teaspoons of wheat bran,
✅ 6 teaspoons of wheat germ,
✅ 3 teaspoons of crushed flax seeds
✅ 1 teaspoon of acorn coffee
✅ from 150ml to 180ml of hot water.
2. Preparation:
1️⃣put all the dry ingredients in a jar.
2️⃣ Boil water in a kettle, then pours over the ingredients in the glass.
3️⃣ Wait for 3 to 5 minutes.
Because all the ingredients swell when they come into contact with water and the mixture becomes very thick, I suggest that you add a little more water to achieve the desired thickness.
Have a nice day 😉
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Acorn Pie 🥧 with Walnuts and Apples.
Here is a recipe for Acorn Pie with Walnuts and Apples.
1. Ingredients for the dough:
- 125 g of flour,
- 125 g of acorn flour,
- 125 g of butter,
- 115 g of sugar,
- 10g vanilla sugar,
- pinch of salt,
- 1 egg.
2. Ingredients for the filling:
- 280 g of walnuts,
- 50 g of butter,
- 125 g of sugar,
- 2 egg yolks,
- 2 egg whites,
- a little cinnamon
- grated rind of 1/2 lemon,
- 2 tablespoons of sour cream,
- approx. 4 apples.
3. Preparation:
Sift both flours, and add the butter cut into pieces, which are rubbed into the flour with your hands.
Make a hole in the middle of the mixture, add sugar, vanilla sugar, a pinch of salt, and a beaten egg. Then knead the dough.
When you are done let the dough rest for about an hour in a cold place.
In the meantime prepare the filling. In the bowl mix the butter, sugar, and egg yolks until foamy, then add cinnamon, lemon peel, sour cream, walnuts, and finally the egg white snow
Fill the dough with a walnut filling and place apples on top, which can be sprinkled with cinnamon if desired.
Bake in a heated oven at 200°C approx. 20 minutes.
Cool and serve 🥧😋.
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Tannins - help with sunburned 🌞skin.
Acorns (and of course also acorn coffee) contain tannin.
Tannin has some positive effects on our skin.
The term tannin (from Old German, tanna being the Old High German word for oak or fir, as in tannenbaum) refers to the use of wood tannins from oak in the tanning of animal hides for leather.
Hence the word "tanning" means "tanning" for the treatment of leather.
In addition to tanning, there are some other useful tips.
The properties of tannin in skin care are:
- astringent: they have a narrowing and protective effect on the skin, so they reduce the appearance of pores,
- soothing: reduce redness and inflammation,
- photoprotective: tannin has significant anti-inflammatory effects on the skin response caused by UV rays or radiation (this is mainly related to sunburn), and
- anti-fungal.
How to get tannin in a usable form?
By preparing an acorn coffee tonic.
After cooking acorn coffee (one small cup is enough), first cool it and then separate the liquid from the sediment.
Then soak a cotton ball or cloth in the liquid and apply it to the affected area. Let it soak in.
Store acorn coffee tonic in the refrigerator.
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Keto diet with Acorn Flour❓❔
On the link is an article titled your Keto Flour for Yards.
It is a homemade Acorn Flour in USA.
Let's look at the details below.
A keto diet is a low-carb, high-fat diet.
You eat foods that are rich in fats and proteins.
To put it simply, in a ketone diet you consume 5% carbohydrates, 15 to 25% protein, and 75% fat daily.
vir: https://vizita.si/zdravje/dieta/keto-dieta.html
A few years ago, I wrote that acorns can contain from 1.1% to 31.3% oil.
The fact is that there are more than 600 species of oak trees in the world, and thus also acorns, which differ from each other.
Acorns in our country Slovenia contain about 3-5% oil.
Therefore, Acorn Flour of Slovenian origin does not belong in the keto diet.
It is different, for some American varieties of acorns. Their acorns are much fattier, they can be compared to olive olives.
Have a nice day 😉
Irena
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A quick snack with acorn flour
This time I have prepared a snack (bread), for which we need just 30min.
Here is a recipe for a quick snack with acorn flour.
1. Ingredients:
(for 10-12 pieces)
- 1 cup flour,
- 1/2 cup Acorn Flour,
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder,
- 1/3 teaspoon baking soda,
- 1/2 teaspoon salt,
- 3 tablespoons softened butter,
- 6 tablespoons milk.
2. Preparation:
Sift flour into a bowl, along with acorn flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
Add butter and rub it into the flour with your hands, then add more milk and knead the dough.
Knead it well on a floured surface.
Roll out the dough to 1 cm and cut it into triangles.
Place the pieces on baking paper and bake in a preheated oven at 220 ° C for about 10 minutes.
Wait for them to cool down.
The snacks are crispy and have a very pleasant tasting.
Have a nice day 😉
Irena
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Easter is here. Will you bake bread 🍞at home❓
EASTER is ahead of us 🍞🍖🥚.
That is why I am sharing with you a recipe for small loaves with acorn flour and raisins.
1. Ingredients:
- 3.5 g of dry yeast (or 10 g of fresh yeast),
- 1/2 cup lukewarm milk
- 1/3 cup butter or other fat
- 1 tablespoon sugar,
- 1/3 teaspoon salt,
- 1 egg,
- 2/3 cup raisins,
- 1 and 1/2 cups flour,
- 1/2 cup acorn flour,
- 1 egg for spreading,
- sugar for sprinkling.
2. Preparation:
1. put yeast in lukewarm milk. In a mixing bowl, froth the butter with the sugar, add the salt, yeast milk, beaten egg, and raisins, all mix well.
2. Then gradually add sifted flour and acorn flour to this mass. Mix everything well and knead to make the dough smooth and pliable.
3. Place the processed dough in a warm place for approx. 1 hour and a half.
4. When the dough rises enough or. double the amount, make loaves of it, place them on baking paper, cover, and leave to rise for another ten minutes.
5. Then brush them with egg and sprinkle them with sugar.
6. Place in a preheated oven at 200 ° C and bake for approx. 15 min. depending on the size of the loaves.
Once baked, place on a wire rack to cool *.
* They go well with butter.
Have a nice day 😉 and HAPPY EASTER 🐰🐣
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Noodles with Acorn Flour 😋
I am testing the usefulness of Acorn Flour.
This time in noodles.
1. Ingredients:
(for 100g pasta)
- 85g plain flour,
- 15g Acorn Flour,
- a drop or two of olive oil
- 1 egg,
- sol,
- approx. 0.5 dcl of water.
2. Preparation:
1. Put plain flour and acorn flour in a bowl or on the work surface and mix them well.
2. Add salt and a drop of olive oil. Make a hole in the middle to kill one egg and add water. Mix all the ingredients and start kneading. Knead for 10 minutes.
3. Form the dough into a ball; it can be wrapped in stretch foil or covered with a kitchen towel, and let it rest for 30 minutes.
4. Then roll out the dough very well into 0.5 mm thick pieces and cut into strips.
Noodles can be cooked immediately (freshly cooked for about 5 minutes, depending on the thickness) or dried and used another time.
Noodles with Acorn Flour taste very good. Used them as a side dish or as a standalone dish with any sauce.
Have a nice day 😉
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Spices with which you will improve acorn coffee.
My top 3️⃣ spices with which I improve acorn coffee and also warm the body are...
These spices are: cinnamon, ginger or cardamom.
1. Cinnamon
Choose a spice that you simply add to the acorn coffee during the cooking process itself or at the end as a sprinkle. This will improve the taste of acorn coffee and enjoy the effects that the spice has on your well-being and health.
Cinnamon has a warm scent. We know mainly Ceylon or real cinnamon (which is more expensive) and cinnamon, which originates from China or Indonesia.
Its positive properties are: it prevents the formation of blood clots, has anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effects, regulates blood sugar levels, lowers bad cholesterol and triglycerides.
It is the best antioxidant spice, which also stimulates brain function.
2. Ginger
Ginger originates from Southeast Asia, India and China. It is best known for eliminating nausea.
It also relieves headaches, relieves menstrual problems and regulates indigestion.
Due to its antiseptic effects, it is used to ward off colds and relieve respiratory problems.
3. Cardamom
Cardamom is an Indian spice. Its positive properties are: it helps control heart rate and regulates blood pressure.
Because it is rich in antioxidants, it helps prevent colds and coughs. It alleviates digestive problems and helps detoxify the body.
Warning!
Cinnamon, ginger, and cardamom, like all spices, are consumed in very small quantities. Any exaggeration is harmful.
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My TOP three 🤎🤎🤎☕🍮🍞
Which are my three favuorites from acorn coffee or acorn flour?
My three favorites made from acorn coffee and acorn flour are:
- milky acorn coffee, recipe here,
- acorn coffee panna cotta, recipe here,
- bread rolls with acorn flour and chia seeds, recipe here.
Have a nice day 😉
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Tips for December decoration.
Do you like to create with natural materials?
Here are some tips on how to use acorns and acorn caps for December decorations 🎄🎀
If you need a recipe for Christmas cookies, you can find it here.
I wish you a magical ✨ December.
Have a nice day 😉
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Bread From Acorns. The movie from 1933.
Very interesting and educational.
You can watch the movie that shows how the Native Americans prepared acorn bread years ago.
Here is the link: https://youtu.be/x4-F5N63Cdo
If you want to prepare your acorn bread, acorn flour is available to you here
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Certifikat. Naše najbolješe. OUR FINEST
I am proud to announce that both acorn coffee and acorn flour have received the OUR FINEST certificate.
The Our Finest certificate guarantees originality with geographical origin.
OUR FINESTcertificate is a certificate of quality of handicraft, food products, and products created by providers in the area of Maribor, Drava valley and Dravsko polje, Pohorje and Kozjak, and Slovenske gorice.
All products and services are certified according to strict standards and criteria with respect to traditional values, local raw materials, crops, and ingredients.
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Sebastian KNEIPP and Acorn Coffee
I found the book Baby´s Kneipp Cure: The Care of Children, author Sebastian Kneipp at google books links.
He says:
"Acorn coffee can be bought at any chemist´s, and it is treated exactly like roasted coffee berries. If preferred, one may pour boiling water over a teaspoonful of it, and when settled add milk and sugar. For infirm, weakly, prematurely born children acorn coffee is the best nourishment, and it should be mixed with honey or boiled with it. It may also be taken black in very small quantities, but it is better drunk with milk."
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