Anyone who has created
a soaked grain bread recipe that tastes good is an exceptional baker and my hat goes off to her (or him).
Her recommendations have spawned some heroic efforts at creating «
soaked grain bread,» a type of bread that is new to the human culinary experience.
In the context of the «
soaked grain bread» and in the spirit of making life easier (not harder), I offer some common sense solutions I use in my own kitchen:
One of the best first well - known efforts was Sue Gregg's blender recipes for
soaked grain breads.
If you have struggled to bake
soaked grain breads and have never really adapted to the ritual, forget about it.
Not exact matches
Just like when baking yeast
breads - where it's common to have to adjust the amount of liquid - the problem could simply be that your flour and
grains are
soaking up extra liquid.
Soaking and sprouting
grains before baking was a well - known step in the creation of hearty artisan
breads, but little was known of the chemistry behind the scenes.
This recipe for AIP paleo meatballs uses the not - so - secret ingredient of mashed yuca to recreate the taste and sensation of the traditional
bread - y meatball one's Italian grandmother made from ground meat and leftover stale
bread soaked in milk and held together with egg, but without the
grains or the dairy (or even eggs).
In 2005, Peggy
soaked some wheat
grains in a Mason jar filled with water, dried them, ground them with a small home mill, and made her first loaf of sprouted flour
bread.
If you're in a hurry to make
bread or cook oatmeal sprouted
grains and flours allow you to skip the
soaking and get to the baking, so it's a real time saver.
There is a point of anti-nutrients like phytic acid that are present in whole
grains, and there are practices you can do to help minimise their impact (such as selecting a long - fermented sourdough
bread and
soaking your
grains), but if you're eating a well - balanced, nutritious diet most of us will not lose sleep if we forget to
soak and sprout (and in fact phytic acid can help in preventing disease).
«Yeasted whole wheat
breads lost only 22 - 58 percent of their phytic acid content from the start of the
bread making process to the complete loaf.48» I've been having good results with folks who are «gluten - intolerant» by
soaking the dough for my whole
grain wheat
bread for a full seven hours before baking.
To make the vegan breakfast, simply
soak sprouted -
grain bread in peanut butter, bananas, and almond milk instead of the usual eggs and vanilla.
100 g) 225 g whole
grain rye flour 225 white wheat flour (or
bread flour) 2 tablespoons of roasted rye malt * 350 g water - 77 % hydration dough (pay attention to the water level, adjust it to your flour's absorbance - if you flour absorbs less water, add less water in the beginning, it is easy to add it more later if necessary) 9 g fine sea salt Fruit
soaker 40 g dry apples, chopped to small pieces 100 g dry prunes 50 g rum Other 60 g chocolate chips (I used these) orange zest of 2 organic oranges 70 g roasted hazelnuts, chopped (roast them for 8 - 9 minutes at 230 °C / 446 °F) * if you don't have roasted rye malt at hand, substitute it for cocoa powder but make sure you add some (appr.
Doing a French toast is easy, you just need whole
grain quality
bread and
soak it in the mixture of grass - fed organic milk, organic eggs, vanilla, and cinnamon.
One idea I had was to make french toast with whole
grain bread that is buttered and only use egg yolk for
soaking.
Look for sprouted spelt flour, sprouted
grain bread, fermented plant products and
soak your
grains overnight (i.e. overnight oatmeal) to put this information to practice.
Yes, it's ideal to have fibrous vegetables and whole
grains that have been
soaked, sprouted or fermented (think Ezekial sprouted
grain breads and cereals, overnight oatmeal) but in some situations, you just need to make sure you're getting something that will be slow - digesting and provide you with energy.
In an ideal situation, you'd shop at the Farmer's Market, you'd have fresh, organic produce and wild - caught fish, you'd look for grass - fed meat, free range eggs and you'd easily find quality pre-sprouted,
soaked or fermented quinoa,
bread, or other
grain products.
We've been eating a real food diet for the past year, so when I talk about these foods, I mean sprouted
grain breads, chips and tortillas, organic
soaked pinto beans, raw milk cheeses, etc..
Maybe they had some
soaked grains such as oats or
bread made from local wheat not the frankenwheat of today.
On the other hand, meal # 2 is made up of mostly wholesome nourishing real food — real meat, real cheese, real tomato, real
grains; no industrially produced oil artificially altered under high heat, high pressure, flushed with hexane solvents, deodorants, and bleaching chemicals like the oil that is
soaked into that
breaded chicken breast.
As a side line to my post on
soaking grains, after Day 2, I left 1/3 of my
soaked grains for further sprouting; The other 2/3 I separated out in order to stop their growth and dry for another
bread recipe.
You might have better luck with
grains that are
soaked or soured (as in, sourdough
bread).
If you have ever wondered what the big deal about sourdough
bread is, or questioned how and why you should
soak your
grains (no?
It has even been suggested that the long fermentation of traditional sour dough
bread - making may break down a good portion of this hard - to - digest component in gluten - containing
grains.3, 36 Bottom line — use caution with gluten - containing
grains and when serving them to your family, be sure they are thoroughly
soaked or sour leavened so those enzymes and bacteria can do what they do best!
Sourdough,
soaked or sprouted
breads made from freshly ground organic whole
grain flour, without additives such as gluten, soy, bran and partially hydrogenated oils.
Summer black radish Soy lecithin Wheat grass Cucumber, fresh Sprouts Barley grass Soy nuts,
soaked / dried Dandelion Red radish Avocado Endive, fresh Tomato Cabbage lettuce, fresh Celery Garlic Lima beans Soybeans, fresh Navy beans Beet Green beans Lemon Carrot Wheat kernel Spinach Turnip Limes Chives Watercress Horseradish Leeks, bulb Red cabbage Pumpkin seed Zucchini Sunflower seed Peas, fresh Kohlrabi Banana, unripe Lamb's lettuce Savoy cabbage Evening primrose oil Almonds Flax seed oil Borage oil Cherry, sour White cabbage Cauliflower White radish Tofu Onion Soy flour Lettuce Green cabbage Potato Asparagus Buttermilk Olive oil Flax seed Peas, ripe Brazil nuts Sesame seed Coconut, fresh Brussels sprouts Buckwheat grouts Spelt Lentils Watermelon Hazelnut Grapefruit Rye
bread Red currant Cantaloupe Macadamia nut Liver Organs Butter Cherry, sweet Dairy cream
Bread, whole
grain Date Plum Oysters Raspberry Blueberry Strawberry Black currant White biscuit Corn oil Margarine Sunflower oil Cranberry Honey Grape, ripe Gooseberry, ripe Walnut Currant Tangerine Mango Brown rice syrup Barley malt syrup Cashew Milk sugar Turbinado sugar Sucanat Wheat, non-stored Fruit juice, natural Orange Papaya Apricot Fructose Peach Pear Banana, ripe
Bread, white Mandarin Fresh water fish Brown rice, non-stored Pineapple Ketchup Mayonnaise Peanut Beet sugar Molasses Wine Pistachio Sugar, white Hard cheese Chicken Eggs Ocean fish Chocolate Coffee Beer Artificial sweeteners Antibiotics Tea, black Fruit juice, sugar sweetened Beef Veal Soy sauce Pork Liquor Vinegar
Topics discussed will include wheat, gluten, whole
grains,
grain flours, an introduction to new
grain varieties,
soaked and sprouted
grains, how to make sense of
bread, and more!
I have read several articles on the importance of
soaking grains, using acid neutralizers, buying fresh organic
grains and making your own hot cereal,
bread, etc..
The books discuss the benefits of raw milk,
soaking nuts, legumes and
grains, sourdough
bread, fermented vegetables, bone broth and a number of other traditional food approaches and principles.
A quick review of
grain recipes from around the world will prove our point: In India, rice and lentils are fermented for at least two days before they are prepared as idli and dosas; in Africa the natives
soak coarsely ground corn overnight before adding it to soups and stews and they ferment corn or millet for several days to produce a sour porridge called ogi; a similar dish made from oats was traditional among the Welsh; in some Oriental and Latin American countries rice receives a long fermentation before it is prepared; Ethiopians make their distinctive injera
bread by fermenting a
grain called teff for several days; Mexican corn cakes, called pozol, are fermented for several days and for as long as two weeks in banana leaves; before the introduction of commercial brewers yeast, Europeans made slow - rise
breads from fermented starters; in America the pioneers were famous for their sourdough
breads, pancakes and biscuits; and throughout Europe
grains were
soaked overnight, and for as long as several days, in water or soured milk before they were cooked and served as porridge or gruel.
Also, within this article, it states that many traditional foods are
soaked / fermented for long periods of time: idli and dosa for «at least 2 days», ogi for «several days», injera
bread for «several days», pozol for «several days or as long as 2 weeks», and European
grains «for as long as several days».
Soaking grains overnight can eliminate some of these issues but most people are not eating
bread and pastas that have not been properly prepared.
Furthermore, he points out that many groups of people are able to eat
grains without any problems so long as the
grains are «pre-digested» through fermentation or
soaking (think sourdough
bread or oats
soaked overnight) to destroy the phytic acid present in said
grains which prevent your body from absorbing the vitamins and minerals in the food.