Alternative brown bread-cake.
Very low / nearly gluten-free.
Steam bread/cake.
(ℹIt is known that average commercially produced white bread made with white flour is bad for even wild games in ponds. White sugar is also notorious. Hence, I'm exploring, experimenting & sharing different flours & methods.)
Winter.
ℹIngredients:
💦Warm water.
53 to 65% of the amount of flour, please adjust.
🔴100g rye flour low gluten; organic (Bacheldre Watermill).
🔴100g gluten-free brown bread flour.
(Dover Flour Mills)
🔴20g (high protein) gluten-free coconut flour organic
(Tiana)
🔵30g demerara sugar or better.
💥30g yeast.
No additives.
Minimum pesticides & herbicides.
No artificial colouring.
No artifical flavour.
A little bit of good oil for surface and barrier.
Methods:
1, in a bowl, add sugar & yeast into warm water.
2, add flour.
3, mix, knead.
4, cover & wait.
5, knead, fold, form/shape and optional variations of colours & ingrediets
6, oil on surface, wait.
7, steam with steamer.
(due to my use of glass, I steam a little longer about 25 minutes. Could be less without the secondary containers.)
-- Many options:
● oriental bamboo steamer over saucepan or pot of water;
● Stainless steel steamer with water.
● other bread machines but result will be different.
-- Options for minimising sticking to the steamer:
☆ oriental paper for steaming,
☆ in oiled containers.
☆ paper cups for cup-cakes.
☆ other methods.
Serve while hot.
Result & reflections of this experiment:
Like a fusion or a cross between Western bread, cake, Oriental steam cake.
Steaming method was supposed to be healthier.
Due to Winter temperature & low protein low gluten flour, I put in more yeast. Longer time, too.
From start to putting inside steamer I allowed 1 hour.
Flour...
it is better to minimise wheat and gluten.
I saw original recipes mostly use flour with mid-range level of protein. I added a little high protein flour to the low protein ones.
Flavour?
Plain.
Next time I can add different things like cocoa powder, green tea powder, almond powder, mixed grains, vanilla, chopped nuts, etc
Presentation:
Reasonably soft and moist.
Ok - if it is just for oneself.
For better presentation,
better consider buying :
special paper for steaming at the bottom of the bread/ steam,
or,
cup-cake paper cups,
or baking paper.
Personally I checked the materials of most baking paper , and or parchment paper, have synthetic resin. Not keen on them. I try to avoid all moulds and utentils with artificial resins, plastic, pvc, etc.
(avoid endocrine disruprive chemicals)
I did not knead much.
It is Winter❄- I tried to keep my hands clean & dry.
I did fold & roll a few times.
The part that raised above the glass containers is good and better than inside the glass containers. Next time I will use other methods.
The answers I needed obtained.
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