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 ...

Readers have been asking if they can bake the Gluten-free Sourdough Discard Bread in a bread tin.  The answer seems to be yes, it usually works.  However, I've created this new recipe that is more of a sandwich style loaf.  This recipe is a single rise recipe, so it's quick and easy. Need to create a sourdough starter? This is the method I use most:  https://glutenfreegourmand.blogspot.com/2021/10/sourdough-starter-ready-to-use-in-3-7.html Why yeasted sourdough?  Sometimes it's tricky to get a great rise out of sourdough when you're first starting out.  Also, creating a new sourdough starter creates a bit of discard that can be used up in other recipes to improve the flavor and texture of the product. This recipe adds a little baker's yeast to help the rise and get the loaf in the oven more quickly.  This is a sourdough discard recipe but you can use active starter if that's what you have.  Yeasted Sourdough Sandwich Loaf Recipe Dairy-free, c ont...

It's been awhile since I posted the original Grain-free Sandwich Bread Recipe.  That recipe contained an single egg... this one doesn't.  To span that gap took endless testing, but here I am with my new egg-free recipe, and it's better than ever! When I make this recipe it fills the house with the most amazing scent of baking bread.  But what I like the most about it is how fluffy this bread is, and how flexible. The egg replacer here is flax seed.  It wasn't an exact swap though.  I had to make some other alterations, including reducing the starches.  However, the result is every bit as fluffy, maybe fluffier, than the original. A few helpful affiliate links to give you an idea of what tools and ingredients are needed: A stand mixer.  You can hand mix but this tool makes it much easier with gluten-free dough.  I use the Kitchenaid Artisan Stand Mixer  in black. I use a 4x4x9  USA Steel Pullman Loaf pan  - the lid is optional but I...

I've been baking since before I met my husband ten years ago.  He eats gluten but appreciates my baking efforts and gives me feedback on texture compared to gluten products, which he consumes regularly on his lunch break at work in the form of sandwiches.  I'm a photographer too but he graces the wall of his office with blown-up cell phone shots of half-eaten sandwiches and burritos from his favorite shops.  He likes my baked goods, sure, but who can blame him for going for gluten? This last few weeks as I was testing this recipe, however, something shifted.  I finally heard these words: "you can make me this every weekend for the rest of my life."   I know my husband likes a bread I made when he immediately plans what sandwich to make from it.  Well, he's done that for every test loaf I've made for this bread.  A few days ago, in fact, he ate a breakfast sandwich with this bread, got catered burgers for lunch at work, then came home and requested a st...

  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...

Years ago I posted the very popular Best Teff Sandwich Recipe.   That recipe uses xanthan gum and eggs, which some people can't do.  Here I have developed a recipe that's xanthan gum free, egg-free, and vegan.  Check out the Artisan Teff Bread Recipe if you'd like to use my bread flour blend . Vegan Teff Sandwich Bread Recipe Mix time: 10 minutes Rise time: 1.5-2 hours Bake time: 45-55 minutes In a medium bowl, mix together: 200g (1 1/4C) teff flour 100g (3/4 C) sorghum flour 75g (1/2 C) tapioca flour 75g (1/2 C) potato starch 24g (2 Tbsp) sugar 6g (1 tsp.) salt Set this mixture aside and in a large mixing bowl or the bowl of your stand mixer whisk together: 520g (2 1/3 C) warm water 30g (1/3 C) whole psyllium husk 2g (1 tsp.) yeast Set aside 50g (1/2 C) of the flour mixture and put the rest of the dry ingredients in the bowl with the wet ingredients.  Blend with a paddle or dough hook on your stand mixer, or blend with a wooden spoon, un...