Posted: Wed Feb 23, 05 4:39 pm Post subject: Yeast Free Bread
A colleague of mine has an odd dietary problem. She can't eat yeast. Even bread makes her ill.
So she'd like some yeast free bread. I've suggested soda bread, and she's tried making that, but it makes naff toast and the texture is, of course, 'cakey' rather than 'bready'.
So what other alternatives are there?
Cheers.
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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 05 4:42 pm Post subject: Re: Yeast Free Bread
Cab wrote:
A colleague of mine has an odd dietary problem. She can't eat yeast. Even bread makes her ill.
So she'd like some yeast free bread. I've suggested soda bread, and she's tried making that, but it makes naff toast and the texture is, of course, 'cakey' rather than 'bready'.
So what other alternatives are there?
Cheers.
Most of the bread I make is yeast free, I like the simple pan fried breads, which don't even have to use a raising agent at all.
I find that a white soda bread (with or without raisins) makes nice toast - still a bit cakey, but much better than wholemeal soda bread.
If you're looking for toastable things, pancakes are a nice alternative, but most flatbreads don't lend themselves brilliantly to butter and jam
I'm sure there is a substitute for yeast...presumably (sorry if this is a stupid question) all yeast has the same effect, ie she can't make a sourdough type thing with "natural" yeasts?
Sourdough is still a yeast, so probably no good. I'll ask her though.
Must be some kind of bacterial fermented bread, mustn't there?
How about, as a wierd and wacy idea, making bread with carbonated water? Would that rise? Add in baking powder and a drop of vinegar too, give it all the oomph possible?
And then for toasting... What about simply putting a little scoop of sugar and a little butter into a sodabread recipe?
Soda bread *does* have butter in it. Quite a few recipes have you add a spoonful of sugar anyway.
I add an egg to my brown soda bread...that might be worth trying with the white, to make it rise better?
Jonnyboy
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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 05 10:17 am Post subject:
I found this one that's made with carbonated water.
Quote:
INGREDIENTS:
� 2 1/2 cups self-rising flour
� 3 tablespoons white sugar
� 1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage
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DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 9x5 inch loaf pan.
2. Combine the flour, sugar and carbonated beverage. Mix well and place into the prepared pan.
3. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 minutes. Note: If using a sweetened carbonated beverage cut back on the sugar a little.
Soda bread *does* have butter in it. Quite a few recipes have you add a spoonful of sugar anyway.
I add an egg to my brown soda bread...that might be worth trying with the white, to make it rise better?
Not the soda bread I've made... Simply made with baking powder, flour, slightly off milk and optionally a little vinegar. But a bit of butter would clearly help.
I like the idea of adding the egg white, even lightly beaten it maywor well.
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