Preparation Method
- Place the wheat berries (or popcorn or quinoa) in the blender. Select the PUREE setting. Once the cycle finishes, check the texture and continue to run additional cycles until the flour reaches your desired fineness (quinoa is the quickest to mill; wheat berries take the longest).
Pro Tips
- When you grind popcorn, you get cornmeal, and fresh cornmeal yields delicious polenta. To make polenta right in the blender, add some room-temperature stock and heavy cream to your ground popcorn (use two cups of stock and one cup of cream for one cup of cornmeal), and select the SOUP setting. Once the cycle finishes, you’ll find hot polenta waiting for you.
- Whole-grain flours can go rancid quickly, which is why it’s best to grind them fresh. If you have a little left over, just store it in a resealable plastic bag and freeze for 6 to 12 months.
