Easy Grain Free Flat Bread

[mellowsong]

By Noosh; "For the Love of Food" blog
16 January 2012

I posted the other day on my Facebook page about an "accidental" recipe I had made and have been really excited about... so here it finally is! I wanted to test out a few more things with it, so I've been working on that.

What I was aiming to make was some simple grain free crackers and ended up with a great flatbread instead! I was sent some Psyllium Fiber by Konsyl to test out for gluten free baking, so I was also eager to incorporate it into my baking to see how that went. Turns out the Psyllium powder is great- especially as an egg replacer and binder so it works well to keep the bread together.

I have really enjoyed this bread because (other than the few ingredients) it's so easy to roll and flexible- it doesn't crumble or break like a lot of gluten-free tortillas and breads do and is reminiscent of Persian Lavash bread.
I've given two variations- one is the basic recipe, and then you can add on whatever you like to adjust the taste or make something a little different.

Easy Grain Free Flat Bread
(gluten free, egg free, dairy free, soy free, vegan)

Read more: http://byebyegluten.blogspot.com/2012/01/easy-grain-free-flat-bread.html

[mellowsong]

There's some other really good recipes at this site: http://byebyegluten.blogspot.com/

[sollyb]

Mellow,
Have you made this? Does it have the same slimy/gluey mouthfeel that gluten free breads made with flaxseed have?
thx,
sollyb

[mellowsong]

No, I haven't tried it. It just looked really interesting. I don't have psyllium handy but plan on getting some to try this.

[sollyb]

I'd like to know how it affects you, if it does, and what the mouthfeel is like......many years ago I used to try to eat a lot of fiber, brans, all that sort of thing, including psyllium, and later flaxseed stuff in various forms and mock bread and muffin recipes. Without exception all fiber gave me huge GI problems, pain, cramps, gas, diarrhea.

I've been finding that even the konjac flour can cause me GI distress.

[Maurya]

Sollyb, have you yet tried zinc carnosine for digestive distress?

[sollyb]

No, I've never heard of it (zinc carnosine) I'll do some googling.......