Spent Grain Recipes Anyone? - Page 2

**Soperbrew** · 12-01-2011, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Hefanatic

Wooooooooo! in Hef's face.

DarkBrood · 12-01-2011, 01:57 PM

I dry mine by running warm air (at least 75-80*F) over them with fans and stirring frequently - it takes a day or two sometimes, but if you stir often and your air flow is high enough, they won't sour. I then toss the dried grains into my blender, tip it at a 45* angle, and blend it on the highest setting for 10 seconds or so. The result is a wonderful whole-grain flour that usually carries a nutty flavor (although it varies by the beer batch, of course). The first few batches'-worth I stored in the freezer, but I've started storing them in ziplocs on the shelf and it's holding up well (I let the flour dry on a pan again before bagging it).

The beer-grain flour is a great addition to breadings, as a thickener in stews, etc.

**DangerRoss** · 12-01-2011, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by bluemoose

It can be converted to bacon. Just feed it to your pig for six months and voila! Way better than spent grain bread.

+1 on Bacon!!!

DarkBrood · 12-02-2011, 02:22 AM

For an easy bread recipe that pairs great with beer and cheese:

Add 2 tsp bread yeast to 1 cup warm water with a few drops of olive oil.
Allow to sit 10 min. Add 1 Tbsp sugar.
Allow to sit 5 min. until yeast is fully blooming.
Add 3 cups white flour, 1 Tbsp flax seed, 1/4-1/3 cup oil, 1.5 Tbsp sugar, 1/4 tsp nutmeg, and 1/4 cup beer grain flour (see above post).
Toss in bread machine and cook on "whole grain" setting.
Or knead for a while, rise until doubled (45-60min) in greased pan. Bake at 375 until golden brown and stick comes out clean (~30 min).

The flour shelves for so long that it easily keeps until any beer matures. And what better bread to pair with a beer than one featuring the very grains that went into that beer, in the same proportions!

I've also added raisins, frozen blueberries crushed nuts, various spices, etc. with great success.

**iaefebs** · 12-02-2011, 03:34 AM

Throw the grain in your trash can. It's better than almost any other garbage you put in there. Or make thousands of pounds of dog treats, bread and granola each year.

RynoSmail · 12-02-2011, 04:17 PM

I like the waiting for bacon idea best.

kh54s10 · 12-02-2011, 04:35 PM

Turkey Jerky

Feed it to turkeys until properly fattened. Dress out said turkey. Season the meat and age in your Ronco food dehydrator.
Ronco 6150569 Ronco3 5-Tray Electric Food Dehydrator

Time frame 1 months to 10 years depending on the present age of the turkey.

**lou2row** · 12-02-2011, 05:51 PM

How about split the difference between composting and cooking? Grow your own mushrooms on your spent grain.

Fungi Perfecti: ready to grow mushroom kits

Grain is what they use to propagate the fungi, so you could easily grow several kinds of gourmet or medicinal mushrooms with all the spent grain you produce. I am going to go this route with much of my spent grain.