Yeast-Free Bread – What Are the Options?

Have you recently decided to give up eating yeast? Or are you considering giving up yeast? Whichever applies to you, there is probably one question in your mind: what about bread? Well, there are a number of options available to a person following a yeast-free diet.

Most people with an intolerance to yeast are actually intolerant specifically to manufactured yeast, and can usually tolerate natural yeast. In this kind of situation, sourdough bread is a good option. The key to making a good sourdough bread is to have a good starter that doesn\’t contain yeast.

What\’s a \”Starter\”?

A starter (also called a \”levain\”) is an ancestral form of pre-ferment which is used to make the sourdough bread. But what is sourdough? Well, sourdough is a method of trapping natural yeast. With a good starter, it\’s actually possible to make most types of bread. However, there will be a slight sour taste to the bread. This comes from the lactic acid which is produced by the lactobacilli. It is this result sour flavour which give this type of bread it\’s name \”sourdough\”.

However, there is another type of bread you can make, and that is Soda Bread. Check out this great soda bread recipe

Ingredients:

* Six cups of flour

* 1 tablespoon of baking soda

* One teaspoon of salt

* Two eggs

* 3 cups yoghurt

How to make the soda bread:

1. Mix the flour, baking soda and the salt.

2. Add the eggs and yoghurt and mix thoroughly.

3. Need thoroughly for approximately five minutes.

4. Place into 2 bread tins and bake for approximately thirty minutes.

By using a recipe such as this one, not only will you have full control over the ingredients used, but you will also be able to eat your bread fresh from the oven, nice and warm.

There are still many great, tasty foods that a person can eat once you have stopped eating yeast. Eating a yeast free diet is actually a lot easier than you might think. For a FREE guide to living on a yeast free diet, visit Yeast Free Diets