I haven’t made buckwheaties before because I do not have a dehydrator. This week is finally really warm out and I thought I’d try and lay them outside on a baking sheet to dry and see if that works well enough.
What I need help on is how long to soak? I have found contrasting advice on different websites and don’t know which to do!
I understand that for soaking AND sprouting you only want to soak for a short 30 min, to an hour. But for soaking and then drying I have found some say just to soak 30 min’s and others say 6-8 hours. So how long should I soak the buckwheat groats for dehydrating and making buckwheaties?
Thanks!!!
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Thanks for the tips everyone! It seems that a few hours of soaking or overnight doesn’t really matter.
Do I want to sprout them before I dehydrate them? I orignally got the idea from Ani Phyo’s cookbook. She soaks them overnight, rinses, and then just dries them without sprouting. Do they taste different when sprouted?
I use them often after just an overnight soak. Like said above, rinse the heck out of them, they get slimey. I will also start drying them in the sun once the weather gets a little warmer… from what I remember from doing it last summer, you might want to put them on a screen or something instead of a baking sheet, otherwise they take forever just to dry.