Comment on Simple Sorghum Sourdough by Chantal.
Hi Alyssa! I think you’re right! The Simple Sorghum Sourdough recipe is a great one to try for your first sourdough. It includes two of my favourite GF flours to work with for GF sourdough baking; buckwheat and sorghum! Plus, being that one of the steps is to let your dough rest overnight helps to create a great loaf while making the process a little less intimidating! To help speeds things up when creating your first sourdough starter, adding a little natural sweetness like maple syrup, freshly squeeze organic grape juice, or even organic apple will help but are not necessary. Let me know if you have additional questions.
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Marianna – Thank you so much for your comment and rating! Have you baked another GF sourdough recipe yet? Do you bake GF for yourself? You could try this one: https://www.freshisreal.com/7-inch-sourdough-boule-gf-v/ and watch this video to help you: https://youtu.be/hnTmkqVnmiY?si=bdqDcDAevWtNWiYi. Let me know if you ever have any questions about other recipes on the blog.
Simple Sorghum Sourdough
Hi Piper! You can experiment with this recipe for sure! Try it both ways so you can taste the difference for yourself! It’s a great way to learn. Or test half the dough with the starter overnight and the other with the starter added the next day. Have you baked a GF sourdough bread recipe yet? The 7-inch recipe is also great to play around with. https://www.freshisreal.com/7-inch-sourdough-boule-gf-v/
Simple Sorghum Sourdough
Hi Jessica! This loaf was created to be free of rice, but you can use rice flour (white or brown) if you prefer. I do have other GF sourdough recipes that include rice flour, the 7-Inch Boule is a great example: https://www.freshisreal.com/7-inch-sourdough-boule-gf-v/ And if you want to sub out the buckwheat flour in that recipe, you can replace it with sorghum flour, millet flour, almond flour (if not allergic), or add more GF oat flour.
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What did you decide to try? Yes, in a pinch place the dough overnight in the fridge, no problem. When you take it out, you can leave it at room temperature for an hour or two or bake it if your oven is already hot.
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Hi! Was that the first time you used your GF sourdough starter? If you got about an inch of rise, that’s pretty good. Did you sub or change any of the ingredients? GF sourdough won’t rise as much as regular bread when baking. Did you use a Dutch oven to help trap the initial steam or did you bake the dough in a bread pan?
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Hi Debbie! You can for sure sub the tapioca with arrowroot starch or even more potato starch if that is better for you. Replace it by weight.
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Hi Rose! The reason for the overnight rest is to help the ingredients breakdown to make the bread easier to digest. You can make the recipe without this step. You can bake the dough in a regular bread pan, if that’s all that you have. I miss this bread, I’ll try and bake one tomorrow without the overnight rest and I’ll bake it in a bread pan and report back. It should be fine if you try it before me. If you have a bread pan with lid, you could cover the dough for half the baking time.
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Hi Ann! I think using sorghum flour instead of oat flour for 1/2 cup should be fine. Alternatively, almond flour would work too if you’re not allergic to nuts.