Buckwheat bread

Buckwheat bread is a healthy product that is ideal for the diet of people who care about their health and figure. Useful properties of buckwheat have long been known to people. Modern manufacturers have begun to actively produce buckwheat flour, which is not inferior in its useful and nutritious properties to whole grain cereals. ^[1], ^[2].

One of the most popular products with the addition of buckwheat flour is bread. Buckwheat bread has an incredible aroma and a slight nutty flavor. In the process of making bread, we are used to using wheat flour, how can we add buckwheat flour to the recipe to make delicious and healthy bread ^[3]? Most often, wheat-buckwheat bread is prepared, where flour is used in certain proportions. Using 75% wheat flour and 25% buckwheat flour, you can get a yeast bread with a soft and fluffy texture, a delicate buckwheat flavor and a smoky aroma. Using a 50/50 ratio will result in a more pronounced buckwheat-nut flavor, but the loaf will not be as tall and will have a crumbly, tender texture. Avoid using 100% buckwheat flour in yeast bread as the texture won’t come out smooth and the bread won’t work at all. ^[4], ^[5].

One of the main ingredients of bread is buckwheat flour, which enriches the body with essential amino acids, fiber and protein. ^[6]. To date, there are many different recipes for making bread from buckwheat flour. Let’s look at the most popular ones.

Buckwheat bread in the oven

To make buckwheat bread in the oven, you will need 450 grams of whole wheat flour of the highest grade, 7 grams of salt, 10 grams of sugar, 1,5 teaspoons of instant yeast, 2 tablespoons of cold-pressed vegetable oil, 50 grams of high-quality finely ground buckwheat flour.

The first thing to do is to combine the two types of flour and the resulting mixture must be sifted through a sieve. We combine 1 cup of warm water with dry yeast, add the yeast mixture to the flour mixture, and mix a little to get the consistency of liquid sour cream. Leave the dough for 3-4 minutes until bubbles appear on the surface. Add 1 more glass of water, salt, sugar, butter and knead the dough.

The dough must be kneaded thoroughly so that it becomes elastic and without lumps. Cover the dough with a towel and let it double in size. The increased dough must be kneaded again, rolled out into a layer 1 centimeter thick, greased with butter or sesame oil, rolled up. From this volume, 2 loaves should be obtained. We spread the loaves on a baking sheet and leave for 30 minutes in a warm place, let them rise. After that, bake in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for half an hour. Wheat-buckwheat bread is ready.

Buckwheat bread in a bread machine

To make bread from buckwheat flour in a bread machine, you will need 1 teaspoon of fast-acting dry yeast, 300 grams of whole wheat flour of 1 grade, 100 grams of high-quality buckwheat flour, 1 teaspoon of salt, 2 teaspoons of sugar, 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil (unrefined) and 280 milliliters of warm water.

On the bread machine, you need to select the appropriate program, the approximate cooking time in the bread machine is 4 hours. Step-by-step recipe: All ingredients must be loaded into the bowl of the bread machine in the order indicated in the recipe. Start the basic bread kneading mode. Watch the dough while kneading, you may need to add flour or oil or water.

Remove the finished ball from the dough and form a neat bun yourself, put the ball back into the bowl (you can remove the knife from it), close the bread machine with a lid. Important: Do not open the lid until it is ready. There are a lot of options for making bread in a bread machine, you need to try and experiment. Perhaps you will like some bread recipe.

Buckwheat bread in a slow cooker

To prepare buckwheat bread in a slow cooker, 50 minutes are spent on preparation and 50 minutes on the cooking process itself. In order to bake bread weighing 600 grams, you will need 300 grams of wheat flour, 100 grams of buckwheat flour, 1,5 teaspoons of fast-acting yeast, 300 milliliters of 40-degree water, 1 teaspoon with a slide of salt, 1 tablespoon with a slide of sugar , 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil.

The first thing to do is to prepare the dough. To do this, combine 100 grams of wheat flour with salt, sugar and dry yeast, add water, mix thoroughly and leave in a warm place for 20 minutes. After the dough has come up (the volume has doubled), add buckwheat flour to it, the remaining wheat flour, vegetable oil and knead as well as possible.

As a result, the dough should be smooth and elastic. We spread it in the multicooker bowl and leave it for another 20 minutes (at a temperature of 40 degrees). After the dough has risen, select the “baking” mode, set for 30 minutes. After this time has passed, the loaf must be turned over and baked for 20 minutes.

Recipe for buckwheat bread

To make bread from buckwheat flour without wheat, you will need 1 cup of warm milk or warm water, 20 grams of dry yeast with fast action, 1 teaspoon of sugar, an incomplete glass of buckwheat flour, 2 eggs, 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil, 1 cup of corn starch.

Combine yeast with sugar and warm liquid, add all other ingredients, knead the dough thoroughly, cover with a towel and let the dough increase 3 times. Carefully place the baking sheet with the risen dough in the preheated oven for an hour. The oven must not be opened for the first 40 minutes.

This type of bread is gluten-free and has many healing and beneficial properties. ^[7]:

• can be used by people with diabetes and gluten allergy ^[8], ^[9];
• positive effect on the digestive tract;
• cleanses and strengthens the walls of blood vessels;
• improves the functioning of the immune system;
• has a tonic effect;
• saturates the body with micronutrients, fiber, amino acids and vitamins ^[10], ^[11].

Recipe for buckwheat bread without yeast

To make bread from buckwheat flour without yeast, you will need 200 milliliters of warm milk, 0,5 teaspoon of soda, juice of half a lemon, 0,5 teaspoon of crushed sea salt, 2 tablespoons of any unrefined vegetable oil (preferably olive oil), 100 grams of buckwheat flour coarse grinding, 100 grams of wheat flour of the 1st grade.

The result is yeast-free bread with an energy value of 203 kilocalories and nutritional value:

Consider a step-by-step recipe for making yeast-free buckwheat bread. Pour soda slaked with lemon juice into milk, add vegetable oil and salt. Add the sifted buckwheat and wheat flour alternately to the resulting liquid mixture. Knead the resulting dough with your hands. The dough will be thick, as among the properties of buckwheat flour there is also a quick absorption of liquid. A well-mixed ball should be transferred to a baking sheet and formed into the desired shape of a loaf. Place the baking sheet in a preheated oven (temperature 180 degrees) and bake for about 30-50 minutes until completely cooked.

Unleavened bread is useful for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, hypertension, diseases of the cardiovascular system, during the recovery period after liver surgery, and hypertensive patients. It is allowed to be added to the children’s diet, to the diet of women during lactation and during pregnancy.

Recipe for buckwheat-rye bread

To prepare buckwheat-rye bread, you will need 300 grams of whole wheat flour (grade 1), 50 grams of rye flour, 50 grams of buckwheat flour, 270 milliliters of 30-degree water or skimmed milk heated to 40 degrees, 2 tablespoons of rye malt, 1 a tablespoon of liquid honey, 1 teaspoon of salt, 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil, 1 teaspoon of instant yeast.

Mix all liquid ingredients. Mix all dry ingredients, it is desirable to sift them all through a sieve to enrich with oxygen. First, add the liquid mixture to the bread machine, then pour the dry ingredients on top, turn on the mixing mode (this process takes 10 minutes). As a result, the dough should be soft and at the same time dense and not sticky, keep its shape.

After kneading, the oven lid must be closed and forgotten about until the bread is completely cooked. The finished product must be removed from the oven and left to cool completely. Wheat-buckwheat-rye bread is ready to eat.

There are an incredible number of recipes for making buckwheat flour baking. Try, experiment, look for a favorite. Enjoy your meal!

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