Ground Rice

[shel]

One of my coffee grinders is dedicated to grinding spices. Every now and then it gets cleaned by running a handful of rice through it. AS I was discarding the ground rice the other day, it seemed that there may be some use for it. Any creative ideas about what to do with the ground rice?

Shel

[Ishbel]

I use rice flour when I make traditional Scottish shortbread - if it is more coarsely ground than flour, perhaps use it as a thickener?

[shipscook]

or gravy or other sauce?

[MikeLM]

Michael Chiarello recently provided a recipe for onion ring batter that uses ground Arborio rice flour. I had never had any luck with onion rings - couldn't make the batter stick unless I used an egg batter, which made it thick and gummy.

His rice-flour batter sticks like death! It's a lot like a tempura batter, which is the best way to have onion rings.

Mike

[KYHeirloomer]

You only clean your spice grinder every now and then? Doesn't everything begin tasting the same?

I clean my spice grinder after every use, to prevent cross-flavoring spices and herbs.

[shel]

Originally Posted by KYHeirloomer

You only clean your spice grinder every now and then? Doesn't everything begin tasting the same?

I clean my spice grinder after every use, to prevent cross-flavoring spices and herbs.

I only use it every now and then ;-)) Perhaps I used a poor choice of words ....

Shel

[phatch]

Could probably use it in sausage as filler/fat substitute.

phil

[DC Sunshine]

Could maybe use it for thickening soups, would add some spicy flavour from whatever spices you've had in it....DC