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Julia Tausch's avatar

I loved reading this, Lin is indeed amazing! And yes to beans / bean flour in desserts! I'm working on a soy milk and fava bean canelé as we speak, and it's showing promise! I also love the encyclopedia you've begun, very cool.

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Kate Ray's avatar

I just came across your Substack, and I'm excited by what you're doing with fava bean flour! I was going to ask you if you'd like to share any knowledge in the Encyclopedia, it would be great to have your contributions

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Julia Tausch's avatar

Thanks so much for reading! Yeah, fava flour is changing my life, haha! All the better that I can easily get a brand that's grown fairly close to me! I'd be happy to share my findings about using it in the encyclopedia. I will think about how to frame it over the next little while. It seems I need to try sorghum, too! :)

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Kate Ray's avatar

I made a kind of creme anglaise using "chickfava" flour and it was good! It was a little bit beany, but l used a lot of vanilla and some bourbon to add flavor. Texture was good

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Julia Tausch's avatar

Hooray! I do find the chickpea can taste pretty strong, but straight fava less so (though harder to find maybe). I'm so glad the texture was good!

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