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The Life-Altering Loaf of Bread


I did not identify it that, the identify comes from the unique creator! It is a recipe that’s fairly excessive whenever you’re considering by way of bread, nevertheless it is not even a bread as we all know it – no elevating brokers, nor any flours, and naturally it could be gluten-free. Principally, a seed, nuts and oat loaf certain along with psyllium (and maybe some chia/flax).

This is the elements listing:

   1 cup / 135g sunflower seeds
   ½ cup / 90g flax seeds
   ½ cup / 65g hazelnuts or almonds
   1 ½ cups / 145g rolled oats
   2 Tbsp. chia seeds
   4 Tbsp. psyllium seed husks 3 Tbsp. if utilizing psyllium husk powder
   1 tsp. positive grain sea salt add ½ tsp. if utilizing coarse salt
   1 Tbsp. maple syrup for sugar-free diets, use a pinch of stevia
   3 Tbsp. melted coconut oil or ghee
   1 ½ cups / 350ml water

That is a straightforward factor to make at dwelling, offered these are the kind of elements you retain in your cabinet. A key instruction is to go away it for at the very least two hours after mixing to soak up water and permit the seeds to swell earlier than baking.

The recipe has fairly a following on the web, there are literally thousands of feedback on the unique submit by Sarah Britton at “My New Roots”. There’s a food52 article or two on it, and plenty of blogs talk about it.
Baked loaf at an angle showing clean lines
I actually loved consuming it, and it was fabulous when toasted. When toasted, it’s scrumptious, nutty and satiating. It paired superbly with all of the spreads I attempted – nut butter, humus, goats cheese even! It jogged my memory a little bit of a South African Cape seed loaf, and likewise a Danish rugbrød.

Several slices on a bread board with lin seeds scattered

Subsequent time (which there will likely be), I am going to most likely not use entire flax seeds as they have a tendency to get caught within the enamel. Margaret Bose-Johnson had some nice substitution concepts, like substituting hemp seeds for the flax, and utilizing softer nuts like walnuts and pecans, though even almonds had been positive, actually.

Extremely advocate that you simply do that, it made me rethink what makes a loaf of bread.

-Jon

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