Gluten-free Gourmand

Introducing my latest gluten-free sourdough creation, this bread is very soft, fairly sour, high in whole grains, and has a strong rye-like flavor.  It's going to make a great Reuben sandwich! Ingredients and Equipment  Here’s a list with affiliate links to some of the products I used in this recipe: Emile Henry Bread Cloche Ivory Teff flour Brown Teff Flour  Light Buckwheat Flour Oval bannetons for a batard Kitchenaid Artisan Stand Mixer Kitchenaid glass bowl  Replacement Kitchenaid attachements   Lame for scoring Of course, you don't need a pantry full of new equipment to be able to make this recipe. You can easily mix by hand in a regular mixing bowl, and bake in any lidded vessel that's rated for high heat. Marbled "Rye" Style Sourdough Bread Recipe First Mix: 20 min First Rise: about 12 hours Second Mix and shape: 10-20 min Second Rise: 2-5 hours   Make two doughs simultaneously in separate bowls. Dark Dough: Mix the dry ingredients together: 65g ...

  Thanksgiving is coming around soon and in the United States, that means a big meal full of starchy goodness is in the works. I've been working on enriched breads quite a bit this year so I thought I'd finally hone in on a good dinner roll to impress the 10+ gluten eaters I've invited over for Thanksgiving dinner this year.  If I'm going to make an entirely GF dinner, I strive to make it so no one is missing their traditional food cravings. These dinner rolls are very soft, fluffy and light but also buttery and rich.  They can be served while still warm from the oven. Gluten-free Dinner Rolls Mix time: 20 min Rest time: 20 minutes Second mix: 5 minutes Second rest: 10 minutes Rise time: 30-50 minutes Bake time: 20-30 minutes Total time: 1 hour 45 minutes - 2 hours 15 minutes Mix in the bowl of a stand mixer using the paddle attachment:  225g flour comprised of:     100g tapioca starch     50g glutinous rice flour (I use Erawan brand)   ...

 If you are gluten-free, or just want to experiment with gluten-free bread, creating a sourdough starter is the first step.  I've found a few ways to do this very quickly and reliably.  While no starter method can claim to be foolproof, I think this one is very reliable. Ivory Teff Starter at peak  My starter is shown just past peak here and starting to collapse after doubling Awhile back I posted a recipe for a gluten-free sourdough starter that is ready to use in 3-7 days .  While I still like this method, I've found that it's a bit fussy and it takes some special equipment to heat the starter.  This 5-day method takes no special equipment other than some bowls and jars. My method is a modification of the technique seen in this video by Julia Child and Joe Ortiz.  Here is the video that was the inspiration for this teff starter method. Caution: this video contains wheat! Why does this starter method work?  Somehow this method of creating a start...

  White sandwich bread is an American household staple.  It's one of those things people miss after going gluten free, even if they never really thought much about it when they ate gluten.  It's one of those things people just take for granted, and sometimes a person just wants a simple grilled cheese on white bread or a slice of toast with butter. There are many debates about the best GF white sandwich bread.  Many of them have gums or other binders that give them a strange texture.  Most have rice flour, which is great because it's inexpensive and widely available, but it has its own problems with texture.  It holds on to water longer than other grains, so it takes forever to bake and it often contributes to gumminess.   Here is my contribution to the white sandwich bread recipes of the world.  As a bonus, it's also grain-free, using a mix of pseudo-cereals and tuber flours.  It also has a few extra attributes that are difficult to com...

I gave up on producing a showy loaf a long time ago.  I always rolled my eyes a little when I saw photos online of perfect bloom or wide-open crumb.  "The mustard is going to just fall right through," I would think to my self disapprovingly, shaking my head a little. It turns out, I was just jealous. After a decade of gluten-free bread baking and recipe development, and through a collaboration with some other bakers, I've come up with a gf sourdough bread recipe that produces an open crumb, a large bloom, and sometimes, if I'm lucky, an ear.   The bread has a very mild, pleasant sourdough flavor and is very light in color. The crumb is very open but not too delicate.  It has a chewiness to the texture that I associate with a good sourdough bread.  The crust gets a nice browning and it toasts up nicely. And I don't mind the mustard falling through as much as I thought I would. Many thanks to Michael Hollesen who came up with the original version of this reci...

The traditional way to create a starter can take a few weeks to a month to have a usable culture. A science-minded professional baker, Ian Lowe of Apiece Bakery, has figured out a way to accelerate the process to have a viable and very beautiful tasting culture in just 3-7 days. Using heat and hydration it’s possible to speed up the fermentation to get through the “bad bacteria” phase in just 48 hours, leaving you a usable culture on the third day with some luck. I created my starter on a Tuesday and I baked with it on that Friday with great results. I first came across this method in a post on The Fresh Loaf by the contributor Ars Pistorica, AKA Ian Lowe. I’ve been using this method ever since I first read about it in 2013. He used whole wheat and/or rye, but says the method can be used with "any cereal, pseudo-cereal, or tuber flours." It’s not the only way to accelerate the first stages of creating a starter, but this is how I’ve adapted this method to various gluten...