Bio-Oz Buckwheat & Quinoa Bread Recipe

(modified from Wendy Polisi.com Quinoa Bread Recipe)

(free from gluten, dairy, preservatives & gums)

Ingredients & Instructions:

Grease 9” x 5” bread tin.

1 ¾ cup warm water
1 dessertspoon honey
2 rounded teaspoons dry yeast

Combine warm water, honey and yeast and set aside in warm place.

2 tablespoons psyllium husk + water to 450ml total volume

Combine psyllium husk and water, set aside.

1 cup Australian Quinoa grain (available in Coles, or organic from Sovereign Foods) (grind into flour in food processor)
2 ½ cups Australian Bio-Oz Buckwheat flour (available online from Sovereign Foods)
1 ½ teaspoons sea salt
2 tablespoons light Australian Olive oil

Combine flours and salt.

Add yeast mixture, psyllium mixture and oil to flour mixture, and mix to combine.

Beat for 3 mins on medium in Kitchen Aid, or by hand.

Place dough in greased bread tin, cover with damp tea towel and place in warm place to rise for approx. 1 hour. Preheat oven to 180C.

Bake for 40-45 minutes. Turn out onto wire rack and allow to cool.

Makes 1 loaf, approx. 16 slices.

Tips:

Can replace Quinoa with another cup of buckwheat flour.

Use a heavy, good quality bread tin for best results (look for 2nd hand old bakery tins).

Smooth the top of the dough with a knife or large spoon dipped in water.

Don’t overrise the dough, check before 1 hour has passed, especially during warm weather. It should be just below the height of the bread tin to allow for oven rise. If the top of the bread sinks during baking, that’s an indication that the dough was overrisen.

Once the loaf is cold, slice with a bread knife and store in fridge, it will keep in the fridge for at least 1 week. After a day the bread is a bit

crumbly, but toast until golden and it’s fantastic!

Note:

Buckwheat is a healthy gluten free grain, unlike tapioca starch, potato starch, corn starch or rice flour.

Bio-Oz Buckwheat flour is 12% protein and contains 2,040mg/100gm Magnesium. Buckwheat is also low GI and has a balanced amino acid

profile (similar to that of fish).

Buckwheat is botanically a fruit and continues to ripen during storage. Australian grown Bio-Oz buckwheat is freshly processed and should be stored in a fridge to maintain that freshness.

Gluten Free:

Buckwheat is naturally gluten free but if you’re following a gluten free diet, always check the label for Gluten Free labelling as

contamination can occur during harvest, processing or milling.

Bio-Oz buckwheat is tested gluten free, we’re professional members of Coeliac Australia. Don’t assume “buckwheat flour” is “gluten free flour”.