Gluten the Enemy

Gluten-Free Bread

If you are on strict gluten-free diet and you are avoiding processed foods, here it is a tasty home made bread for you.

Ingredient:

Dry yeast	½ of a pack
Gluten-free flour	200g
Flax seed flour	2 tbsp       ground seeds
Chia seed flour	2 tbsp       ground seeds
Butter  melted	100 g
Egg yolk	2
Salt	1 tsp
Xanthan gum	1 tsp
Sunflower seeds	1 tbsp
Pumpkin seeds	1 tbsp
Water	Small amount if it is needed

Method:

·      Mix the flours, xanthan gum and the butter well

·      Add the remaining ingredients and dough it well

·      Be careful with the water, the dough should be soft but not runny.

·      Leave the dough for 30 minutes

·      Transfer the dough into a well buttered small soup pan, put the lid on and leave it for 50 minutes

·      Preheat the oven at 200⁰C

·      Water the top of the bread and with a wet knife cut the top into quarters, water the inside of the lid.

·      Place the pan with the lid on into the oven for 45 minutes (so you can see that you cannot use a pan with plastic handle)

·      After 45 minutes take the top off and bake the bread for another 5-8 minutes.

·      Fold it onto a wooden chopping board for cooling