These Simple Entire-Meals Gluten-Free Seed Crackers want simply 5 principal substances, however like all my recipes, I encourage you to adapt and make them your individual. Because the title suggests, they’re simple, whole-food, and naturally gluten-free. They’re additionally tree nut, peanut, soy, sesame, and oil-free, making them an ideal choice for anybody with a number of allergic reactions. The salt and flavouring is as much as you, and the seasoning could be no matter you fancy.
Now, whereas I do love a little bit of customisation, some substances listed here are important. Chia and linseeds work as binders when combined with water. Sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds make the crackers deliciously allergy-friendly, and the mashed potato is my secret weapon — it makes spreading the cracker combine tremendous simple, identical to in my potato and seaweed Scottish oatcakes. I additionally made a number of batches utilizing each purple and orange kūmara (you would possibly realize it as candy potato). The kūmara had a sweeter flavour and gave an fascinating color to the crackers.
If you happen to’re not too involved about excellent shapes, bake the combination as one giant sheet and break it into rustic shards. Belief me, they style simply nearly as good, irrespective of how they appear!
Simple Entire-Meals Gluten-Free Seed Crackers
This combination makes roughly 1.35kg (that’s 3 giant 30 x 40 cm sheets) of crackers.
Preheat the oven to 180ºC.
Components
- 1/4 cup linseeds
- 1/4 cup chia seeds
- 1/2 cup sunflower
- 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds
- 2 cups chilly water
- 3 cups heat mashed potato or Kūmara (candy potato) – roughly 600g
- optionally available – salt for mashed potato
Technique
Add all of the seeds and water to a big mixing bowl, stir and put aside for not less than 20 minutes, stirring sometimes to make sure the combination is evenly mixed and hydrated.
Whereas the seeds are soaking, wash and boil the mashing potatoes (or kūmara) till cooked. Use a ricer or mash and cross the potato by way of a sieve for clean potatoes.
Non-obligatory: Season the potatoes with salt to style — no plant butter or milk wanted. Omit this step if on a salt-free weight-reduction plan.
Line three giant baking trays with greaseproof paper. Divide the combination between them and unfold evenly with a palette knife. Lower into shapes or rating with a knife earlier than baking.
Non-obligatory: Sprinkle the sheets of cracker dough with seeds like nigella seeds for a touch of onion (they style like onion, however will not be from the onion household), poppy or sesame. Extra flavour choices see beneath.
Bake for 20 minutes, then flip the crackers over on the baking trays and peel off the baking paper so the underside can crisp. Verify the highest and backside trays and swap their positions within the oven if wanted. Bake for an extra 20 minutes and examine once more. The crackers ought to snap when prepared, if not cut back the oven temperature and bake till crisp.
Take away from the oven and funky on baking racks earlier than storing in hermetic containers or vac pac to maintain contemporary longer.
Extra Flavour Choices
to Serve
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