Breakfast Essential: Bread

Greetings, every one on a strict gluten free diet experiences breakfast option vacuum. As a result they try to make bread from available flours. But practically it is baked into a simple flat cake looking and tasting thing! So most of us loose the most important meal of the day. But if available gluten free bread makes the perfect gap filling product. I have been using different type of gluten free breads and they actually taste special. Mainly due to change in basic ingredient i.e. flour. Gluten free breads are made from rice flours( brown or white) and with the use of Xanthan Gum mentioned previously. The slice shape is not the same as of the local wheat flours bread. Its a little small and of a darker shade. Mostly harder than the wheat breads soft slice. I have experienced breads from both Free From and Ener-G foods. Both are of competing taste and subjective. Recent supply included the white rice loaf as always preferred due to its better taste and softness compared to the brown rice loaf. The brown rice is more like the locally made brown bread with a lot more fibre in it. Mostly air tight packing and placed in fridge these breads survive our hot humid environment easily. Accompanied with an oxygen absorber makes them last longer providing same great taste with time. One thing as a tip before buying is to take advantage of longer expiry dates. These loafs need to be toasted and pressed well before eating especially if taken out of fridge. This makes them soft thus becomes easy to chew. I always prefer the white bread or the named white rice loaf. Sometimes available at the local stores like Eesa G. I have also experienced the fibre bread called gluten free bread from D-Watson Islamabad but its both difficult to chew and swallow. It tasted like old dried naan. Naan also called bread in some parts of world is also available within gluten free product line in UK. It is more like pitta bread than naan itself but increases options available. So one can take advantage of these items. Soon will be writing on my gluten free roti making. Enjoy!