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Gluten-free, Grain-free Sourdough Bread




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December 6, 2016 by Andrea Fabry 37 Comments

Who doesn’t love the smell and taste of fresh bread straight from the oven? Enjoy this gluten-free, grain-free sourdough bread!

This recipe uses a combination of quinoa and chickpea (garbanzo) flour. Kombucha is used to ferment the quinoa flour and create a sourdough starter. (See this recipe for brewing your own kombucha.) Once the quinoa flour is “bubbly,” the chickpea flour is added.

The simplest method is to use chickpea flour alone for blending with the starter. (I use this sprouted garbanzo flour from Thrive Market.) This keeps it nut-free, and tastes great. Other options include tiger nut flour, flax meal, and almond flour. If using any of these flours, I recommend using them in combination rather than alone.

Gluten-free, Grain-free Sourdough Bread

Starter Ingredients:

  • 2.5 cups quinoa flour
  • 1/2 cup kombucha to create bubbly dough (other possible fermented beverages include water kefir or raw apple cider vinegar).
  • 1 1/2 – 2 cups filtered water to blend in until the “right” texture.

Bread Ingredients:

  • 2.5 cups sourdough starter
  • 2.5 cups chickpea flour or flour blend
  • 1 tablespoon sea salt
  • 1/2 cup filtered water

Directions:

    1. Prepare the starter ahead of time. I keep the starter process simple: Combine the flour and kombucha in a jar, stir, cover the jar tightly, and leave on a pantry shelf overnight. (For more suggestions on preparing the starter, see DIY Gluten-free Sourdough Starter.)
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    1. Once your sourdough starter is bubbly, combine starter with your flour or flour blend, salt, and water. Keep it fairly thick, enough to use a spatula, but not too thick. Add more water or kombucha if it’s too thick. There is no need to knead the dough.bread-dough-1
    1. Scoop into two parchment-lined loaf pans. (I use parchment loaf pans offered by If You Care, reusing them several times.)
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    1. Cover and allow to “rise” for 4 hours or more. (This is not necessary, but blends the flavors nicely and may help the bread rise a bit. I usually skip this step and love the result.)
    1. Place the loaf pans inside a dutch oven and cover with lid. (Covering allows them to cook from the inside and avoids burned edges.)
    1. Place in a cool oven and set to 400 degrees.
    1. Bake for 45-50 minutes.
    1. Remove from the dutch oven or remove the lid and cook an additional 10-15 minutes until done.
  1. Remove from pans and allow to cool.gluten-free-grain-free-sourdough-bread-loaves
  2. Enjoy immediately or save until the next day for improved texture.

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Gluten-free, Grain-free Sourdough Bread

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Ingredients

    Starter:
  • 2.5 cups quinoa flour
  • 1/2 cup kombucha, water kefir, or raw apple cider vinegar
  • Bread:
  • 2.5 cups sourdough starter
  • 2.5 cups chickpea flour or alternate flour blend (a 1:1:1 ratio of almond flour, flax meal, and tiger nut flour)
  • 1 tablespoon sea salt
  • 1/2 cup filtered water

Instructions

  1. Combine starter ingredients in jar, stir, cover jar tightly, and leave on a pantry shelf to ferment overnight.
  2. Blend sourdough starter with remaining ingredients.
  3. Pour into 2 parchment-lined loaf pans.
  4. Cover and allow to rise 4 hours or more (optional).
  5. Place loaf pans in dutch oven and cover with lid.
  6. Place in a cool oven and set to 400 degrees.
  7. Bake for 45-50 minutes.
  8. Remove from dutch oven or remove lid and cook an additional 10-15 minutes until done.
  9. Remove from pans and allow to cool.
  10. Enjoy immediately or save until the next day for improved texture.
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Uses for Gluten-free, Grain-free Sourdough Bread

Grain-free Sourdough Stuffing – ideal for holidays!

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Croutons – cut your bread into cubes, pour melted butter over them, add spices, and bake at 400 degrees until crisp!

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Pizza Crust – our family’s favorite!

Grain-free sourdough pizza

Breakfast Cereal –  serve with almond milk or farm-fresh dairy milk!

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Cinnamon Toast – melt butter in a pan, add cinnamon and sweetener, and heat!

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Grilled Cheese – melt butter in a pan and fry up a delicious grilled cheese sandwich!

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Comments

  1. John says

    January 31, 2017 at 10:12 am

    Does this bread have to go into a dutch oven? Can’t be baked in conventional oven with normal process?
    Thank you.

    Reply
    • Andrea Fabry says

      January 31, 2017 at 3:45 pm

      It will work OK, but the middle may be soggy and the outside crusty. The dutch oven helps it cook from within and more evenly.

      Reply
      • John says

        February 1, 2017 at 6:53 am

        Also, I made the starter…but adding 2.5 cups to 1/2 cup kimbucha creates a thick bread crumb like substance…looks nothing like your first picture. Should there be more kimbucha than just a 1/2 cup? Thanks.

        Reply
        • Andrea Fabry says

          February 1, 2017 at 7:46 am

          Yes, add more kombucha or water until it is the right consistency.

          Reply
          • John says

            February 1, 2017 at 8:42 am

            Thank you, Andrea.

      • jenna campau says

        July 11, 2017 at 6:48 am

        what about a convection oven?

        Reply
        • Andrea Fabry says

          July 11, 2017 at 7:55 am

          Good question! I’ve not cooked with a convection oven, but it would be worth a shot.

          Reply
        • Joanna says

          December 29, 2017 at 1:14 pm

          Hi, did anyone ever end up trying this with a convection oven?

          Reply
          • Hannah says

            January 31, 2020 at 12:39 pm

            Yup. And it was a complete waste of expensive flours! Made heavy bricks with gummy insides 😞

  2. John says

    February 1, 2017 at 9:01 am

    Also, do you think adding baking soda when mixing the starter with the flour, salt, and water would help this to rise even more?

    Reply
    • Andrea Fabry says

      February 1, 2017 at 9:13 am

      Not sure, but if you try it let me know!

      Reply
      • John says

        February 1, 2017 at 12:52 pm

        Sorry to ask so many questions…but this recipe doesn’t need any eggs or oil, butter (I use Ghee)? It seems too simple to be true, haha!

        Thank you!

        Reply
        • Andrea Fabry says

          February 2, 2017 at 10:35 am

          Right, no oils or fats…just the fermented flour and salt. 🙂

          Reply
  3. Pat Scott says

    May 23, 2017 at 4:47 am

    do you start the time when you put it in the cold oven or when it reaches 400?

    Reply
    • Andrea Fabry says

      May 23, 2017 at 7:32 am

      I start it as soon as I place it in the cold oven. Great question.

      Reply
  4. Jenna says

    July 15, 2017 at 5:48 am

    Hi Andrea, I made it and we liked it! I made it with the quinoa flour for the starter and then one cup coconut, one cup almond, 1/2 cup flaxseed meal, and 1/2 cup non-gmo cornmeal. I wanted it to be totally grain free but ran out of options. Anyway, great stuff and it stayed nice and moist even though I accidentally left it out all night after baking. Excellent with smoke salmon on top. For the starter, it definitely took far more liquid than noted in the recipe but as long as I just kept adding until it was the right consistency like you said, it worked fabulous. Also, in one of your other posts, the starter is made with 3 cups of the different things, instead of 2 1/2 as you listed here. Anyway, my remaining question is that I have 1/2 cup of starter left. How do I build on that for my next batch?

    Reply
    • Andrea Fabry says

      July 15, 2017 at 7:27 am

      I’ll have to switch that, as they are rough estimates. If it were me and I had 1/2 cup starter I would add some quinoa flour and water and let it ferment and keep adding till I had a nice amount of starter. Thanks for sharing your recipe!

      Reply
  5. Lorie says

    August 27, 2017 at 6:59 pm

    Does the starter need to be made with quinoa flour?Can chickpea flour be used for starter?

    Reply
    • Andrea Fabry says

      August 28, 2017 at 8:19 am

      I’ve used chickpea successfully.

      Reply
      • Lorie says

        September 6, 2017 at 10:01 pm

        Thank you excited to try

        Reply
  6. Theresa says

    October 23, 2017 at 4:58 pm

    What size pans do you use? Can it be baked in a pullman pan instead of in the dutch oven?
    Thanks in advance

    Reply
    • Andrea Fabry says

      October 23, 2017 at 8:22 pm

      Hi Theresa, I use regular glass bread pans lined with parchment paper or the parchment loaf pans. A pullman pan might work depending on the size of the loaf pans!

      Reply
  7. Eileen says

    November 21, 2017 at 12:57 pm

    Can I freeze a loaf for future use?

    Reply
    • Andrea Fabry says

      November 21, 2017 at 5:49 pm

      It has frozen fine for me!

      Reply
  8. Joanna says

    November 27, 2017 at 11:01 am

    Have you tried baking this in a silicone loaf pan?
    Thanks!

    Reply
    • Andrea Fabry says

      November 27, 2017 at 4:35 pm

      No, but I totally want to try it!!!

      Reply
  9. Rochelle Naiman says

    July 17, 2018 at 10:15 am

    Hi Andrea,
    I am on my second day of making your quinoa flour sourdough starter with apple cider vinegar. .Should I be adding more apple cider twice a day along with the flour and filtered water– or just filtered water and flour twice a day? Also, I was able to find a bottle of kombutcha tea without fruit flavoring added after I started it. It does have some bubbles now. Should I switch to the kombutcha if I need to add an acid? And last, is it ready when it looks like your picture? The picture does not seem to have as many bubbles as a wheat-based sourdough starter. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Andrea Fabry says

      July 18, 2018 at 9:56 am

      It won’t bubble like wheat-based, but some bubbling is all I’ve found that I need. I would say keep adding kombucha until you think it’s ready.

      Reply
  10. Abbey says

    November 8, 2018 at 8:04 am

    If I tried baking the whole recipe in one loaf pan (instead of two) do you think it will turn out? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Andrea Fabry says

      November 8, 2018 at 6:23 pm

      Yes, I do. Maybe do 50 minutes in the container and 15 out. Let me know how it works!

      Reply
  11. Lynne says

    November 19, 2018 at 6:30 pm

    I would love to try making that. I already have raw apple cider vinegar with the mother so could I just use that instead of Kombucha?

    Reply
    • Andrea Fabry says

      November 19, 2018 at 7:14 pm

      I have used vinegar in the past. For some reason, it’s a bit denser, but it does work. Let it get as bubbly as you can. So perhaps a little less vinegar and more water would help.

      Reply
  12. Elysia Phillips says

    March 23, 2019 at 12:56 pm

    What kind of kombucha ? I’m new to all of this ..where can I find unflavored kombucha
    ? Looks tasty need to try this ASAP
    Thanks in advance.

    Reply
    • Andrea Fabry says

      March 23, 2019 at 1:56 pm

      Most conventional grocery stores have them!

      Reply
  13. Hannah says

    January 27, 2020 at 10:25 am

    Hi there! Do you think a 1:1:1 of almond flour, cassava flour, tigernut flour would work??

    Reply
    • Andrea Fabry says

      January 27, 2020 at 12:41 pm

      I’m not sure about the tiger nut flour since it’s a bit heavy but you can sure try.

      Reply

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