Tigernuts – how to include them as part of your daily diet!
Tigernuts are a tasty and exciting ingredient which can be eaten in a number of different ways and provide a challenge which pays handsome rewards to chefs and foodies with enquiring minds and the willingness to experiment.
Not really nuts at all but tubers, tigernuts have a taste that’s been likened to coconut, and are wonderful to cook with and incorporate into dishes. Here are some of our favourite uses for tigernuts:
Tigernut flour is made from roasting the tigernuts and then grinding them into a fine powder. It has an alluring sweetness that’s best used in conjunction with other flours such as coconut flour or almond flour.
It’s a very popular ingredient in paleo and gluten-free diets.
Have a wonderfully refreshing drink
In Spain and around the Mediterranean, tiger nuts are used to make horchata, a very refreshing and nutritious drink which is milky in appearance and will keep for a couple of days in the fridge. You can make the recipe yourself at home using soaked tigernuts if you have a good food processor and a cheesecloth.
Make these amazing energy bites
Tiger nuts are wonderfully filling and are full of excellent nutrition such as fibre and minerals essential for health.
They release their energy slowly and steadily, which is why they’re perfect for making energy bites such as these moreish little rounds of healthy loveliness!
Tiger nuts are fantastic to use in cheesecakes, mousses, cakes, crumbles and all manner of lovely, healthy desserts. They’re an excellent option for vegans as they can be soaked and whizzed up in a similar way to cashews to create something milky but with no dairy content.
Why not try making these fantastic Pecan Tigernut Parcels?
One of the best qualities of tiger nuts are their chewy texture in their natural state. This adds a perfect note to salads, such as this amazing sweet/savoury breakfast salad.
Or why not try this lovely spin on a Waldorf salad?
Tantalise your taste buds with trail mix
If you’re looking to add another element to a trail mix, look no further than tigernuts! Their intriguingly chewy texture and delightful sweet flavour is a winner when paired with nuts, fruit and seeds, making for a fantastic snack. Their slow-release energy will mean it’ll keep you satisfied until your next mealtime!
The flavour, texture and properties of tigernuts and tigernut flour make them the perfect biscuit ingredient. They make excellent shortbread and really good vegan hob-nobs, and paired with some cacao powder, they can be used to make delicious gluten-free choccy biscuits!
Tigernut flour is the perfect addition to pancake batter – its sweetness lends a truly delicious quality to these much-loved treats.
Fluffy or flat, they’ll be sure to delight everyone, including those following gluten-free or paleo diets.
A great summertime treat, tigernut ice cream can be made very easily with only a few other ingredients including cashew nuts and dates.
A perfect alternative to dairy ice cream, it’s easy to make 100% vegan, and is sure to delight kids and adults alike!
Nothing delights the taste buds quite like a handful of tiger nuts. They’re available in peeled and unpeeled form, and are perfect for taking on trips or to festivals for a quick, on-the-go snack which will enable you to benefit from slow-release energy for hours.
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