Bread, Sourdough, Buckwheat, Gluten-Free
Ingredients
- 20 grams whole psyllium husks, use 18g if using powder.
- 400 grams water, room temperature or warm
- 10 grams sugar, optional. Honey/maple syrup can be used instead.
- 180 grams buckwheat flour
- 70 grams tapioca starch or arrowroot starch
- 80 grams potato starch or cornstarch
- 10-12 grams salt, adjust to taste
- 2 teaspoon baking powder, make sure it is gluten-free
- 70 grams active gluten-free sourdough starter
Directions
- First, we will make psyllium gel. Combine psyllium husk and water in a medium-sized bowl and whisk to prevent clumping.
- Add the sugar to the bowl and set it aside for a couple minutes.
- Combine the flour, starches, baking powder, and salt in a separate large mixing bowl and whisk to incorporate.
- Now, add the sourdough starter to the bowl with psyllium gel and stir to combine.
- Add the wet ingredients to the bowl with the dry ingredients and mix using an electric mixer with dough hooks or do it by hand.
- Mix until the dough comes together and all ingredients seem to have incorporated evenly.
The dough will be sticky but workable.
- Turn the dough over onto a lightly floured working surface and flatten it out as you see in the picture in the post.
- Dust the dough with extra flour if it is sticking to your hands too much!
- Fold each side of the dough onto itself as you see in the pictures, flip, and shape the dough into a ball.
- Place the dough upside down into the banneton basket or a mixing bowl lined with a kitchen towel if you don’t use a banneton. Cover the bread with a tea towel to prevent it from drying out.
- Leave the loaf to ferment for 5-7 hours at room temperature (21-24C/60-75F) or for 12-18 hours in the refrigerator.
- Once the bread is done proofing, transfer the loaf onto a piece of parchment paper (handle the dough carefully to avoid deflating it) and score in a pattern you like or as you see in the picture.
- Lower the parchment with the bread into a cold Dutch oven, cover with the lid, and place the Dutch oven into a cold oven.
- Start preheating the oven to 450F/230C and once it’s preheated, start the timer for 40 minutes.
- After 40 minutes, take the loaf out of the Dutch oven and transfer it to the oven rack. Lower the temperature to 350F/175C and bake uncovered for another 30 minutes.
- Once the bread is done baking, transfer it to a cooling rack and let it sit until no longer warm to the touch. Slice and enjoy!
Notes
Tip!
Wrap the loaf into a kitchen towel 30 minutes into the cooling process to soften the crust. Alternatively, if the loaf is hard to cut, place it into the microwave for a minute and slice.
Store buckwheat sourdough at room temperature for 3-4 days or slice it and freeze for up to 3 months.
To defrost, simply place a few slices into the microwave for a couple minutes or toast them instead.
Nutrition
345 kcal Serving: 3slices Calories: 345kcal Carbohydrates: 78.6g Protein: 6.3g Fat: 1.6g Saturated Fat: 0.3g Sodium: 1172mg Potassium: 460mg Fiber: 8.8g Sugar: 4.3g Calcium: 99mg Iron: 2mg