Yeast free bread

Badgergal · 27 July 2005 at 9:54AM

Hello,

I'd quite like to have a bash at making wholemeal yeast free bread (I guess it would be a kind of soda bread). I don't have a breadmaker (sorry - just no more room at all in my already overcrowded kitchen) and would like it to be simple as possible with no hard-to-find ingredients, then I can add any fancy stuff (like nuts/seeds etc) later.

I had a look at the mega thread but couldn't seem to find anything like what I'm looking for.

Thank you kindly in advance

Debt_Free_Chick · 27 July 2005 at 9:59AM

It's dead easy - no kneading

But you'll need buttermilk, which you should get in a health food store or a large supermarket.

Google for soda bread recipe found this. For "bread soda" you simply use bicarbonate of soda

HTH

squeaky · 27 July 2005 at 10:01AM

From a discussion elsewhere about sourdough...

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>How do you make sourdough?

As in sourdough bread?

Mix flour and water and presumably a bit of sugar and chuck in anything
(other than meat or fish) 'past its best' and leave it on the windowsill
for a few days till it froths. Then mix it into flour and knead it into
bread dough consistency, leave to rise (it doesn't much) then bake. A
brick-sized loaf will weigh pretty well much the same as a brick!

Despite that, when I've had it (made by other people - never made it
myself) it's tasted reasonably good.

Badgergal · 27 July 2005 at 10:11AM

What is Bextartar as mentioned in that first recipe on the link, please?

Also, what is pinhead oatmeal as found in Delia's recipe? And where do I get it?

http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/r_0000001422.asp

squeaky · 27 July 2005 at 10:33AM

Bextartar is just a brand name for cream of tartar which is available in most supermarkets etc.

As for the oatmeal... dunno... sorry.

Debt_Free_Chick · 27 July 2005 at 10:45AM

Pinhead oatmeal - Holland & Barrett will definitely stock it. As will a larger supermarket - ask Customer Services or try the ethnic food section, the "posh" food section or the healthy eating section. It's sometimes in the breakfast cereal section!

bugs · 27 July 2005 at 11:53AM

My mum's recipe's on this page - http://www.downsizer.net/Projects/Cookery/Bread_Making/ - you could just substitute 14 oz wholemeal flour for the white and bran if that's easier for you.

I'm not sure sour dough would be appropriate for a yeast free diet if that's your reason for doing it because the dough is supposed to pick up/develop its own wild yeasts...it is probably still better than store bought though.

You don't have to use buttermilk either, you can use plain yoghurt, or even milk and lemon if you have nothing else.

Badgergal · 27 July 2005 at 12:13PM

Thanks bugs that is one useful site! Also like the tortilla recipe.

Not aiming for a completely yeast free diet, but trying to cut down. Once when I was about 17 I somehow managed it for 2 weeks (very strict) and I looked and felt fantastic (clear eyes and skin etc, lost weight) but it was hard!

Maisie · 27 July 2005 at 12:28PM

badgergal. Look out for yeast in other products. ie Marmite/Tomato ketchup/gravy powder/stock cubes etc if you are trying to avoid yeast.

Badgergal · 27 July 2005 at 12:58PM

Thanks Maisie - that's why I only stuck to the original diet for 2 weeks - it wasn't a case of what you couldn't eat, it was what you could (ie a very small list by the time you've excluded yeast and sugary things that feed yeast, fermented things etc etc!!).

Just thought bread was one way of making a change and perhaps saving money on decent bread into the bargain!

pol · 27 July 2005 at 1:59PM

Pinhead oatmeal is just another name for fine, it comes in fine, medium and coarse. I buy mine from Booths, but most supermarkets sell it with the cereals, usually next to the porridge oats.

It makes lovely oatcakes and biscuits.

There is a good wholemeal bread recipe here, and it uses vinegar too!

http://www.womens-natural-health.com/yeastfreebread.html

pol

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