Hemp flour is a healthy and tasty ingredient, great to experiment with. It’s obtained by grinding hemp seeds, rich in nutrients. We tried to prepare fresh pasta and turned out pretty good! Here’s our recipe for homemade gluten free hemp flour fresh pasta, delicious and easy to make.

Why choosing hemp flour?

For many, many reasons! This particular flour has tons of benefits for our health and consuming it regularly helps to boost our immune system, improve nervous system and delay the aging process.
This ingredient is loved by nutritionists all over the world, for today hemp is on the top list of healthy food suggested by WHO (World Health Organization). But which are the properties of hemp flour?

Let’s start by saying that hemp flour comes from Cannabis Sativa seeds, which don’t contain any THC therefore has no psychotropic effect. So don’t worry, you won’t get high by consuming hemp flour-based foods! On the contrary, it’s a great dietary supplement.

In fact, it contains 8 essential amminoacids, it’s rich in protein and it’s perfect for a vegan lifestyle.
The high presence of Omega 3 and 6 is optimal to protect and prevent cardiovascular deseases, as well as mantaining perfect cognitive skills.
Its high fiber value helps with digestion and intestinal regularity, fights against obesity (it’s ipocaloric compared to traditional flours) and cholesterol accumulation, thanks to its vitamins and mineral salts (especially vitamin E, potassium, iron, zinc and magnesium).

Are you intolerant or even allergic to gluten? This flour is naturally free from gluten so it’s perfect to switch the diet a little bit, and also for those who suffer from celiac disease.

Don’t you think this was enough to start introducing hemp flour in you everyday diet?
Reading this will for sure change your mind!

Hemp flour in the kitchen: perfect for fresh pasta!

Hemp is super versatile for it’s healthy, and also tasty.
It’s flavour is nutty and gives a rustic hint to sweet and savoury recipies.

Due to this strong and unique flavour, we suggest to use it in combination with other flours. This could also help the process.
With hemp flour we can prepare excellent homemade italian pasta, like tagliatelle, maltagliati or tortelli.
We decided keeping our recipe gluten free, so we used hemp, rice and tapioca flour.

Here’s our complete recipe for a delicious, gluten free, fresh pasta with hemp flour!
These are the ingredients for 2 servings.
Always make sure that everything is gluten free and/or celiac friendly!

Ingredients: 

90gr. Rice flour
60gr. Hemp flour
50gr. Tapioca flour
5gr. Guar gum
1 egg and 1 egg yolk
20 cc water
salt
You’ll also need a chopping board and a rolling pin, or a pasta maker if you have it.

Process:

On a clean chopping board mix the flours together, add salt and guar gum and put the eggs in the middle; start kneading the ingredients while putting a little bit of water, until obtaining a smooth and elastic compound. Cover and let the dough rest for at least 30 minutes.
After this, it’s time to roll out the dough and create the fresh pasta of your choice!

This will taste amazing with vegatable sauces like “boscaiola” or broccoli pesto, and also with seafood. You choose!