This recipe was requested by our gluten eating friend Cheryl who when given the choice between this and gluten containing home made bread chose this.
“It tastes like real bread!”
Rather than using a ready made GF bread flour mix we choose to use separate healthful flours. This means we get more variety of healthful ingredients, lots of good fibre and no strange additives. As we eat this bread every day we also tend to choose organic ingredients.
Dry Ingredients
2 tsp Quick Yeast (make sure its GF like Doves Farm)
35g Psyllium Husks (not powder, we use NaturalBio)
100g Linseed (Flax seed) milled (we mill our own* from these)
125g Almond Flour (we use Pink Sun Organic)
100g Cassava Flour (we use Tiana)
2 tsp Fine grain Sea Salt
Wet Ingredients
375mls Luke warm water
3 large eggs (total egg weight 180-185g)
20g Apple Cider Vinegar (we use Rayners Organic)
50g Honey
50g Extra Virgin Olive Oil (we use Greek EVOO from LIDL)
Method
Add the dry ingredients to the bread machine pan in the order listed.
Whisk the wet ingredients together until uniform and add to the bread pan on top of the dry ingredients.
Set the bread machine to 'Gluten Free' and 'Dark Crust' or equivalent on your bread machine (we use an old Panasonic). If you don't have a 'Gluten Free' mode use the 'Rapid' programme.
Check how the dough is mixing after a couple of minutes (I usually need to use a spatula to scrape around the edges to ensure the dry ingredients are incorporated properly.
At the end of the program leave the bread machine for an extra 10-15 minutes before opening and removing the bread. Gluten free bread without additives like gums can have a tendency to sink slightly if cooled too quickly or if there is too much liquid in the mix. Not enough liquid will reduce the rise but it always tastes good anyway! If your loaf sinks a little on cooling try adding a little less water.
Please let me know how you get on in the comments, letting us know if it works in your brand of bread machine or if you have a go at making it by hand!
*using a coffee grinder or vitamix small bowl
