Sunday, July 6, 2008

Millet-Quinoa Bread


This was my first experiment making bread with any kind of grain, adapted from this recipe.

I made quite a few modifications, because I thought a) eggs were missing b) the resulting dough was extremely runny.

So - here are the ingredients. Note re. flours, presoak for 24 hours, sun/oven dry, and grind in a coffee mill (or a flour mill if you have one).
You also need to sift the flour to make it more fine.

1.5 C millet flour
1/2 C quinoa flour
3 tablespoons coconut flour
1/2 tsp orange rind, grated
1/2 tsp salt
1.5 tsp baking soda
3/4 C orange juice
1/4 C honey
1/4 C ghee
2 eggs

Mix the wet ingredients first (eggs, ghee, honey, orange juice) really well in the Kitchenaid.
add the remaining dry ingredients and mix really well (on high for at least 5-7 mins).

Bake at 375 for 25 mins or so till you start seeing a crust on the top (like the picture above.) Take the heat down to 275 mins and bake for another 10 mins. Turn off the oven and let it cool before turning it upside down and cutting slices.

I used a loaf pan, coated with ghee. I find it hard to line this sort of pan with parchment paper.

It is quite a crumbly, and not-too-sweet bread. I might try and experiment with the quantities a bit more so it doesn't fall apart quite so easily.

Good to go in a lunch box!

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