Buckwheat flour

Farine de sarrasin

What it is

Brittany calls it blé noir, black wheat, though it is neither wheat nor a grass — it is a relative of rhubarb and sorrel. It grew where wheat would not, on poor acid soil, which is exactly why Brittany built a cuisine on it.

In the kitchen

It has no gluten, so a galette batter needs resting overnight for the starch to swell and hold together in the pan.

Goes with

Buttermilk Egg Salted butter Prosciutto di Parma Comté Honey Apple Cider vinegar

Same species

Buckwheat groats Buckwheat honey Buckwheat tea Soba noodles

Also used with

Milk kefir Rapeseed honey

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