Montina flour

mrsppmrxky · Joined: 09 Oct 2004 Posts: 1631 Location: GF Kitchen

Has anyone here used Montina flour? If you have, can you give us a review of the product. I would like to try it out, but will skip it if no one has a good review.
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cruelshoes · Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 3556 Location: Washington State

I bought some, and made the chocolate chip cookie recipe on the side of the box. When I decided to try the recipe, it seemed like a lot of butter for the amount of flour in the recipe. I was right because the cookies flattened and spread out like crazy, and turned out almost like toffee. We ate them anyway (pretty good, but not like a cookie). I want to try montina again, but not with the recipe on the side of the box.

The amount of fiber and protein is impressive, so I hope it works out. Are you trying the straight montina (that's what I have) or the all-purpose mix?

I think Al has tried Montina, so I'm sure he will chime in here. Oh, AAAALLLLLLL......
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mrsppmrxky · Joined: 09 Oct 2004 Posts: 1631 Location: GF Kitchen

What I found on the site was the all purpose mix.......and then a large bag of the straight Montina.

There is no one that sells it around here, so I would have to order off the net.
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gluten-free-mike · Joined: 07 Sep 2006 Posts: 349 Location: Cleveland, OH

Montina flour? Never heard of it. Ahh... I just searched Google and see it is just a Trademark/brand-name for a flour milled from the seed of a native grass called Indian ricegrass.

I have not had any experience with it. I would be interested in knowing what it tastes like in baked goods.
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aklap · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 10971 Location: WI, USA

Hey, I thought I responded to this..it must've been in another thread.

http://www.montina.com/

We've used Montina Mix for over a year now. It adds a good texture to the product. It works well in things like bread.

We use it to get more nutrition and fiber into my diet.

We don't use it in things like cookies or brownies. To me, it has a "green" taste to it. But maybe the mix wasn't right. It was in a brownie made by a GF baker that I picked up at a health food store.
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gluten-free-mike · Joined: 07 Sep 2006 Posts: 349 Location: Cleveland, OH

Thanks for the feedback Al. I may just order some of that flour and give it a try. Depending how "green" it tastes, I may find it acceptable. Some other high-flavor flours I use (like Teff, Amaranth, etc) are OK so long as in moderation in recipes. That is probably the key. I see the closest store by me that carries it is about 20 miles -- next time there, I'll get it.
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Bob183420 · Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 2:12 pm Post subject:

Hi, I just joined this forum and found this thread on Montina flour, I bought some from Amazon and I made the pizza crust that is on the Montina website but didnt like it at all.Does anyone have any recipies that they have tried and liked?

aklap · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 10971 Location: WI, USA

Hi Bob,

Welcome to the board!

How much Montina flour did you use? It does have a strong taste, I'm not sure I'd want to use it "full strength".

Are you looking for pizza crust recipes?
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Bob183420 · Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:53 pm Post subject:

Hi, It was 1 cup of the Montina blend.It just had a strange strong smell to it and didnt taste very good. I was just looking for any recipe in general that people on here have tried and liked.
Thanks,
Bob

cruelshoes · Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 3556 Location: Washington State

When I use Montina, I just sub out 1/4 cup or so of whatever the flour is in the recipe I am making. I do not care for the look of Montina in baked goods (can't get used to the dark flecks in the bread), but it works OK if you don't use too much of it. It does have a lot of fiber in it.
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