Hi there
This is a question for any Aussies on this site mostly, but I'll happily take advice from anyone that may have the answer :-D Does anyone know where you can buy Almond Flour in Australia?? I can get my hands on as much blanched Almond Meal as I'd like but most organics stores think I'm asking for a product that doesn't exist when I ask them for Almond Flour! I always get lead back to the Almond Meal!
I'm in Sydney, any hints??
Cheers
Gabriella
Hi Gabriella
I haven't been able to find it either. I usually buy good ingredients online through Santos Trading at Byron and they don't have it. I live on the Mid North Coast and can't get it locally. I do like the almond meal but would be nice to try the almond flour. Let me know how you go.
Kind regards
linda
Hi Linda
I hadn't seen this reply my apologies! No I still haven't found it here which is so annoying. Plenty of coconut flour! I have had success using almond flour but only for cakes, not so unfortunately with pancakes or biscuits, breads etc. Almond meal works particularly well with Elana's passover torte, very dense and divine.
I think a lot of the issue with the way things turn out is the fat / oil content in the meal as opposed to flour. I'll have to keep looking for the almond flour and experimenting in the meantime!
Cheers
Gabriella
Hi I'm on the Mid North Coast too. I haven't been able to find almond flour here either. I bought some chestnut flour from Simon Johnson last week. I seived my almond 'flour' and replaced a third of it with the chestnut flour ( yes real flour not meal) and made Elana's pastry recipe from the book. It was absolutely delicious with perfect texture. The only negative was that it had a slightly darker colour so it looked like it would taste overcooked. It didn't though. Delicious. I bought the chestnut from Simon Johnson's in Pyrmont, Sydney.
Chestnut flour with almond meal - what a great idea! I'll try it.
I've just received my first cookbook from Elena and googled if I can buy almond flour in Australia - the first result was this page :) How funny :)))
Anyway, I found an online shop which sell blanched almond meal: http://www.qnf.com.au/products/Almond-%252d--Meal-Blanched-1kg.html
Does anybody have experience with this meal? Is it good as almond flour?
A head's up about the difference between almond flour and almond meal: Elana uses the term almond flour for the finely ground, blanched almonds that work best in her recipes, recommending it over "almond meal." And I like that I idea. (I recommend Honeyville if you can get it there.)
But unfortunately companies don't differentiate that way, at least in the United States. There really isn't a standard for naming almond flour or meal according to how fine they are ground, or whether they are blanched or unblanched.
For example Bob's Red Mill calls their product almond meal/flour, designating they think both terms are appropriate. And although Trader Joes calls its product "meal", it is much finer than Bob's Red Mill. It's possible they could be calling it meal because it's unblanched, but Honeyville calls their unblanched flour "natural almond flour." I don't know about brands in Australia, so you may want to do some sifting and comparing.
But it does make a difference. You can see the huge variation in amounts of small vs large particles here. And I've written about why it makes a difference in your recipe : You can read about it here.
Hope this helps. Maybe what you're finding that is called "meal" is just fine...
Pat
Hi all,
I recently purchased almond meal/flour from the site Alexandra mentioned above (www.qnf.com.au) and am happy to report that it works wonderfully in a number of Elana's recipes. Yesterday I made the 'rye' bread with almond flour and flax, and it also makes the crackers and cookies.
It is also possible to purchase almond meal at Coles (usually in the nuts and coconut product section), however it is very expensive. It works out to nearly $30/kg, whereas online it is $12/kg. I have used both the online-purchased and the Coles-purchased, and can see no difference in the baking results (all have been good!)
I hope this helps and that you are able to get hold of some so you can enjoy Elana's recipes!
Kate.
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