Buckwheat & Spelt Loaf
A loaf with quite a distinct buckwheat flavour, very nice for hearty sandwiches. This makes a small loaf of two cups of flour, for a medium loaf, just add 1 cup of flour and ⅓ of all other ingredients. Please note total cooking time is without rising time 🙂
Prepared by: Eerainuh
Cuisine: vegan
Recipe type: bread
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You need
- 1 cup of wholemeal spelt flour
- 1 cup of buckwheat flour
- 1¼ tsp Himalayan rock salt
- 3 tsp dry yeast
- 3 tsp guar gum (or xanthan)
- 3 tbsp pumpkin seeds
- 3 tbsp sunflower seeds
- 2.5 tbsp olive oil
- ⅞ cup of warm (not hot) water
To do
- add yeast to ½ cup of warm water, let sit for 10 minutes
- in your food processor (with dough blade) mix all dry ingredients
- with a running motor, slowly add oil, then yeast mixture
- carefullly add the rest of water until the dough becomes a ball
- transfer to a lined oven tray, sprinkle a bit of flour on top and some pips as well
- let it rise in a warmish spot, if possible, covered with a tea towel, for about 1 hour and 15 min.
- bake in oven at 200C till it sounds hollow when you tap it with a knife, in about ½ hour.
Notes
Let the bread cool down a little before you slice it.
I made the dough for this bread in the kitchen machine, but of course you can use a bread maker, which will probably give you a lighter texture. I just went for the quickest way 😉
I made the dough for this bread in the kitchen machine, but of course you can use a bread maker, which will probably give you a lighter texture. I just went for the quickest way 😉
This sounds great, thank you. Would you use a gluten free setting n a bead machine?
Hi Louise 🙂
To be honest, I’ve never used the GF setting on my bread machine, as I mostly use the machine just to knead the dough. But, spelt is not gluten free, although it is low-gluten. If you want to help lower the gluten, I would go for the longest program, as enzymes will digest part of the gluten: the longer the bread gets to rise, the lower the gluten content will be. But as it technically isn’t a GF bread, you don’t need to use the GF setting. Hope this makes sense 🙂
Helo
How much water?
Hey Hilary,
Had to fix the recipe, but it should be there now; 7/8 cup of water 🙂
Hope it works for you!