It is still Saint Patrick’s Day, so it’s not too late to be posting this recipe. It’s not. I was suppose to work on making bagels today but I didn’t. So I’m postponing that to tomorrow. Maybe. But I did make a gluten-free and vegan Irish soda bread. That’s better than nothing. Here’s the recipe for all of you to enjoy and share the same deliciousness I’m experiencing, all day while eating this bread. Gobble, gobble.
Ingredients: (all ingredients are organic)
3 cups teff flour
2 teaspoons coconut nectar
1 teaspoon xanthan gum
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon caraway seeds
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 cup currents
2 tablespoons coconut oil or olive oil
1 cup room temperature water plus a possible 1/2 cup extra
Directions:
1) Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Combine the teff flour, xanthan gum, baking soda, caraway seeds, and salt in a large mixing bowl fitted with a paddle. Stir in the currants. Add the oil, nectar and 1 cup water until a smooth dough is formed. If the mixture looks too dry gradually add a little more water until it forms into a smooth mound. Gently knead the dough with just a few turns on a work surface dusted with teff flour.
2) Shape into a round loaf and score with a crisscross pattern. Put on a sheet pan and bake for 50 minutes, until golden and firm to the touch.
Immediately, I pulled the bread out of the oven and sliced a piece to eat. I couldn’t wait. I grabbed it with my bare hands out of the oven and started slathering butter on it, gobbling it up. It was delicious. It’s amazing when it’s still hot with butter melting on top. If your vegan the Earth Balance butter is also fantastic on it. However if you are not vegan, some real organic, fat filled, creamy butter on top, is oh so pleasing to your tummy. Mmmm
Some information on Teff Flour:
(I also stole this from the bread book I have, oops).
Teff flour is a flour milled from the North African while grain cereal known as teff, the world’s smallest whole grain. Teff flour has a delightful, wholesome, yet subtle taste. The protein content of teff flour is exceptional in that it contains all eight essential amino acids. Teff flour is also rich in fiber, calcium, copper, and iron. It is also very high in lysine, an important amino acid frequently lacking in other grains. Awesome.