Coconut flour - anyone know where to get?

looperman1000

I am in Dublin and i can travel to pick it up. I've had a quick look in a small tescos and aldi to no avail.

Thanks in advance

Mr Simpson

Holland & Barrett. It's pricey though

looperman1000

thanks :-( DOH!

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tiana-Organic-Fairtrade-Coconut-Flour/dp/B0054SQ5UW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1382383258&sr=8-1&keywords=coconut+flour

i got this stuff from a health food shop in carlow. it was actually a little cheaper in the b&m store surprisingly so have a look in any health food stores local to you. failing that, amazon is an option for pretty much everything.

homemadecider

I got some in Holland & Barratt in Stephen's Green. It was something crazy like €7 for 500g. It was also the mankiest stuff ever, I'll never buy it again!

looperman1000

thanks for the replies. what did you use it with that it tasted manky?

It's strong stuff, I make coconut muffins with loads of cinnamon and some raisins to kill the taste, but it's good

homemadecider

I made coconut pancakes. They were fed to the bin.

You might like to try the asian market coconut flour so, it's cheaper and a different consistency completely. I don't know what it's used for, couldn't make buns with it. Maybe if you stick it in a blender you could
No taste off it like the H&B stuff

rubadub

rubadub wrote: »

Asian shops tend to have the full fat flour, which is more like a very finely dessicated coconut for curry dishes. The health food shops tend to have the fat reduced flour which is intended to be a replacement for wheat flour.

rubadub wrote: »

Dessicated coconut is the cheap alternative, it can be stuck in a blender to get more of a flour.

But I am not sure what you are after, as I said earlier there is full fat & reduced fat, the reduced one being a wheat flour substitute

The linked H&B one is only 15.1% fat and 21.7% carbs.

Dessicated coconut
http://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=253227765
is 62% fat and 6.4% carbs. Very different makeup. My "east end" brand coconut flour would be similar to the dessicated values. Your halal shop would be the same too.

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looperman1000

Thanks a million. Its for keeping a good eating clean diet thats not too high in carbs, fat i dont care about as long as its not trans unhealthy fats. The type of fat found in this product would be ok i feel. Coconut is a wonderful superfood :-)
I didn't know about the dessicated. I might go with that. Obviously i knew of the product but i didnt know lob into a blender to make more like flour. Excellent

rubadub

looperman1000 wrote: »

Obviously i knew of the product but i didnt know lob into a blender to make more like flour. Excellent

It won't be as fine a flour as the proper stuff.

I have made pancakes with it mixed with oats, I like the bit of bite in the dessicated stuff.

The dessicated would not be a substitute for wheat flour in recipies.

looperman1000

thanks for the info. appreciate it

daRobot

You can get this cheaply:

http://tracker.dailyburn.com/nutrition/east_end_coconut_flour_calories

In the Blackrock market ethic foods store.

Works perfectly, for Kormas/Masala's etc

rubadub

daRobot wrote: »

In the Blackrock market ethic foods store.

I actually asked that shop to get the coconut flour in, they didn't have it any time I was in. Though it is in the market it is open non market hours. East end are a decent brand too, thats the full fat stuff, not a wheat flour substitute.

Old post about it

rubadub wrote: »

They used to have another shop in the same market and moved, I think everybody presumes it would only be open when the other market stalls are but its a proper shop. I was very surprised it was open until 8pm each night. I had to ring the market owner to ask if they were opening as there was no info on the web. I had to walk through the arch in pitch black to get to it, though you can come in from the other side.

Seems to be an Indian father & son running it, friendly guys who are genuinely interesting in what you want. I told them they should advertise more and that I would post it on a website, I have no connection, just do not want to see them close! and its a shame that such a good shop is unknown.

They are up the back of the market, where the green arrow is pointing here
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=53.300859,-6.178485&hl=en&num=1&t=h&vpsrc=0&z=19

There is a Filipino shop in dun laoghaire too "Pinoy sari sari store", opposite walters near the peoples park
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=53.289563,-6.13002&hl=en&num=1&t=h&vpsrc=0&z=19