Anise Buckwheat Bread Food

ANISE BUCKWHEAT BREAD

Steps:

• Place the buckwheat groats and 2/3 cup of water in a small saucepan over medium heat, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, and simmer the buckwheat until the grains have softened, about 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and set aside.
• Whisk together the yeast, 1/2 cup of water, and 1/2 cup of bread flour in a bowl, and let stand until the mixture is frothy, about 10 minutes.
• In a separate large bowl, stir together the 1/2 cup of water with vegetable oil, honey, salt, whole wheat flour, and anise seed to make a thick, smooth batter. Mix in the yeast mixture and the cooled buckwheat groats. Stir in the remaining 1 1/2 cups of bread flour, 1/2 cup at a time, mixing in each addition before adding the next.
• Turn the dough out onto a floured work surface, and knead until the dough is firm, smooth, and elastic, 8 to 10 minutes. Form the dough into a compact ball, and place into an oiled bowl, turning the dough in the bowl to coat with oil. Cover the bowl with a cloth, and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 1 hour.
• Punch down the dough, form into a loaf, and place seam side down into a greased 9x5 inch bread pan. Cover the pan with a cloth, and allow to rise until nearly doubled in volume, about 45 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Bake the bread in the preheated oven until the top is lightly golden brown and the loaf sounds hollow when thumped, about 35 minutes. Allow to cool before slicing.

GLUTEN FREE BUCKWHEAT BREAD

Steps:

• Pre heat oven to 180 C.
• Grease 9 x 19 cms loaf tin.
• Sift flours, baking powder and salt into large bowl.
• stir in sugar.
• Lightly beat egg whites with electric mixer until just frothy.
• Stir in milk and oil and add to flour mixture.
• Beat 3 minutes until smooth.
• Pour mixture into prepared pan, smooth top.
• Press seeds lightly into mixture.
• Bake 55 - 60 minutes then stand 10 minutes.
• turn out to cool.

BREAD MACHINE BUCKWHEAT BREAD

Steps:

• Add all ingredients in the order recommended by your bread machine manufacturer.
• Process on the bread cycle.

GLUTEN FREE FERMENTED BUCKWHEAT BREAD

Steps:

• Soak the buckwheat groats in water for 5-6 hours.
• Drain the groats in a colander but do not rinse. The run-off will be very mucilaginous.
• Blend the groats and new water in a blender or food processor. You may need to do this in two parts if you use a food processor, so as to not go over the top of the central blade tube and have leakage.
• Pour into a glass bowl or large measuring Pyrex, and cover with a towel. This will be about 5 cups of batter.
• Set aside for approximately 24 hrs at 67-70 F. Fermentation time is significantly shorter at warmer house temps or in the oven with the light on. Batter expansion is roughly from 5 to 6.5 cups. Do not mix the batter until the fermentation is finished or the batter will deflate, and it will be hard to calculate growth.
• At the end of the fermentation, gently mix in the salt and any seeds you wish to add.
• Pour the batter into the parchment paper-lined loaf pan, and decorate the top of the loaf.
• Let the batter rise for another 30 minutes to an hour in your lit oven.
• Preheat the oven to 350 F with pan in the oven.
• Bake for approximately 80 minutes (less for a long narrow pan) or until the inside temp is about 200 F.
• Remove from the oven and lift the parchment paper out of pan onto a cooling rack. Peel it off and let the loaf cool for at least 30 minutes before slicing.