Gluten Free Sourdough Boule

Making your sourdough bread at home not only saves you a lot of money, it also gives you a bread free of preservatives and all of those other awful things you don’t want to put in your stomach.

Gluten Free Sourdough Boule

Equipment

• Stand mixer or large bowl, 3 to 4 quart dutch oven

Ingredients

• 1.5 cups gluten-free sourdough starter
• 1 tbsp coconut palm sugar (or maple syrup or any sugar)
• 1 cup warm water (not hot)
• 1 cup nondairy milk (I used almond)
• 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
• 1.5 cups millet flour
• 0.5 cups buckwheat flour
• 0.5 cups tapioca flour
• 0.5 cups rice flour
• 2 tbsp xanthan gum
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Instructions

• Whisk the apple cider vinegar into the nondairy milk.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer with the dough hook attached, or in a large bowl if kneading by hand, place the sourdough starter. Add the sugar, warm water and almond milk mixed with vinegar and mix together on low speed or by hand.
• Add the flours and xanthan gum directly into the bowl, one by one, kneading a little as you go along so they are thoroughly incorporated. Knead for a couple of minutes until everything is well incorporated and you have a tacky, slightly sticky dough. If your dough looks dry, drizzle in a little more water and knead.
• Drizzle in the oil and knead for a couple more minutes until the oil is absorbed.
• Remove the dough to a countertop and knead slightly before shaping into a boule. You might want to oil your hands lightly before handling the dough. It should be slightly tacky but still quite supple.
• Place a parchment paper inside a bowl (I just use my stand mixer bowl for this) and sprinkle it liberally with any of the gluten-free flours (I used the rice flour)
• Place the boule on the parchment, cover loosely with a kitchen towel (or a shower cap), and place overnight or about 10 hours in a warm place, like the oven with the pilot light on.
• About a half hour before baking, preheat the oven to 500 degrees Fahrenheit with a 3 or 4 quart dutch oven inside it. Carefully, taking all the precautions you need and with oven mitts on, remove the dutch oven to the countertop. It will be screaming hot so be very, very careful handling it and do not touch the surface at any time without your mitts on.
• Carefully, pick your boule up by the parchment paper and roll it quickly into the dutch oven, so the seam side at the bottom is now on top. Place it back in the oven.
• After 30 minutes, turn the heat down to 450 degrees. Bake another 20 minutes.
• Remove the dutch oven to a rack and let it stand until it is completely cool. The bread should unmold quite easily but if it doesn't, run a knife along the sides of the pot to help it along.

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