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My First Chia Pudding

Celeriac

Celeriac

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Brunneria and Chook mentioned chia pudding on a thread yesterday and thanks to Amazon Prime I took delivery of a pouch of Sevenhills Wholefoods raw organic chia seeds today, 300g for 4.29

I haven't eaten chia before and I have to say, looking online at photos, that it looks like bird seed when whole and tiny frog spawn when soaked. Have noo idea whether I have suitable ingredients, as we don't use sugar, honey, agave syrup or sweeteners, for starters.

Looked in the larder and fridge and came up with these:

Lindt 90% cocoa dark chocolate
Rude Health unsweetened organic hazelnut drink
Holy Cow organic Devonshire clotted cream
Daylesford organic cinnamon quills which The Husband blitzed into powder with the coffee grinder
Clipper organic Fairtrade Latin American instant coffee (and we don't even drink it)
Schwartz whole nutmegs still in date (minor miracle)
Green & Black's organic unsweetened cocoa
Nestle Carnation evaporated milk 170g tin (haven't had it since I was about 11 but OH fancied some)

It occurred to me, that the frog spawn look of chia seeds might work as arroz doce - it's a trad Portuguese dish of long grain white rice, sugar, lemon rind, egg yolks, milk and cinnamon. Would need some major tweaking though. Have plenty of eggs, milk and lemons

Schlepping to the supermarche tomorrow, are there any other ingredients which you could suggest please ?

Am aiming to make a few small ones on Thursday afternoon to try with husband Friday night. :D

What are the pitfalls I should avoid as a chia seed novice please ?
 
vanilla has a naturally sweetening effect.
and some herb teas. Is it @Avocado Sevenfold who uses them?
crushed berries also work.

I just make up about 300ml of whatever liquid I like (your hazelnut choc drink would work well), then tip in 6-7 rounded tablesp of chia, stir and leave for several hours. Maybe stir once or twice during that time.

The result will be a pudding texture tasting of your liquid.

You get maybe 350ml approx of the pud, which is quite a few servings, but it keeps in the fridge for a few days.
 
Oh, and someone once mentioned a home made chia jam substitute with crushed berries. no idea about a recipe, but it struck me as a very good idea, and would probably work for cranberry sauce, etc.

I imagine that google will find you a recipe.
 
Brunneria said:
Oh, and someone once mentioned a home made chia jam substitute with crushed berries. no idea about a recipe, but it struck me as a very good idea, and would probably work for cranberry sauce, etc.

I imagine that google will find you a recipe.
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I have seen recipes for chia jam - berries mashed with chia seeds - the seeds act like pectin.

Any of the Twinings fruit tea range would be lovely for pud. I've tried a couple. Just infuse the teabag in hot water for as long as possible before adding the chia seeds.

My favourite drink at the moment is water with a little splash of no added sugar apple and blackcurrant juice - with a star anise in it. A lovely drink, but it looks like there's a drowned moth in your glass. I bet this infusion would be a good way to make pernod and blackcurrant flavoured chia pud!
 
@Celeriac
With the ingredients you mention, I would mix by volume 1 part chia seed to 3 parts hazelnut drink, with a sprinkle of cocoa powder. Mix well and leave in fridge a few hours or overnight. Grate some of the chocolate on top, or even some crushed hazelnuts. Eat and enjoy.

I have also used Twinnings fruit and peppermint teas. Same ratio chia seeds to liquid. Blob of cream on top.
I particularly like coconut milk chia pud. With added flakes of coconut, coconut cream and dark choc square. Who needs Bounty bars?
 
Ooh thanks guys, OH says I'm to hold off doing this until the weekend as he wants to have a go too. I need to find vanilla , but I have a lot of teas I could try.

I will try to remember to take photos !
 
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