2 cups almonds (dry)

1 cup psyllium husk

1/2 cup flax meal

1 1/2 cups white onions (roughly chopped)

2 cloves garlic

3 teaspoons lemon juice

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

1/3 cup water + 1/8 cup water

Directions

1. Place almonds in food processor. Process until they look like slightly chunky "almond flour." REMOVE from food processor and dump into big bowl.

2. Add psyllium husk, flax and salt to bowl that contains "almond flour" that you just made.

3. Your food processor should now be empty. Add onions, garlic and lemon juice to your food processor. Process until quite liquidy, mushy and pourable.

4. Dump onion mixture into the big bowl that contains your dry ingredients.

5. Add 1/3 cup water to big bowl. Mix everything together with spoon. Add more water (1/8 cup) if necessary to get dry, doughlike texture that you can mold into loaves.

6. Mold into six small loaves.

7. Place directly onto dehydrator tray. Dehydrate at 145 degrees for 1 hour - then reduce temperature to 110 degrees. Dehydrate for another 6 hours or so. Tastes best if eaten right out of dehydrator, but can be stored in fridge for 4 days.

The Rawtarian's Thoughts

Because I am always so excitable I think I may have blown my credibility. But this time I mean it - THIS IS SOFT, SUPPLE, CUTTABLE SAVORY RAW BREAD THAT HAS A CRUST. JUST WATCH MY VIDEO BELOW AND YOU WILL KNOW THAT YOU HAVE DIED AND GONE TO RAW HEAVEN, WHERE THERE IS SPONGY BREAD THAT MELTS IN YOUR MOUTH.

Giving props where props are due, this overall concept of spongy raw bread recipes were first invented by Chef Ito (as far as I know). Then, I recently watched this excellent tutorial by the delicious Russell James, who inspired me to create a more simple version of his bread recipe. Our recipes differ in that my raw bread recipe above doesn't require almond pulp or coconut meat - since I never have either.

A couple more tips:

1. If your dehydrator doesn't have enough room for the height of these raw loaves - remove the tray above it. Cover the hole from the missing tray with aluminium (tin) foil.  Just tuck it in and wrap around.

PS: It is the psyllium husk that makes this raw bread recipe spongy and good. YOU MUST USE PSYLLIUM HUSK or this recipe won't work. Psyllium husk is pretty cheap - get a big bag of it at your health food store or you can order it online, but that's probably not necessary because I bet you can find it locally. You won't regret it! I plan to make many more recipes soon with psyllium husk.

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Comments

i wonder if this could be made into a pizza crust! cant wait to try it out :)

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I bet it would be AWESOME. Haven't tried it myself though.

I wouldn't think you'd need to make any substitutions really. Just flatten and dehydrate

I was wondering...can you use Brazil Nuts or some other nuts instead? If so which ones would you suggest? Almonds make my mouth go numb and my lips tingle.

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Yes, sure. Instead of almonds you could use brazil nuts or even sunflower seeds or probably pecans instead too.

If I couldn't use almonds I would probably use sunflower seeds myself.

I just tried these last night! Still sort of on the fence about them because of the onion flavour. I'm realising I really can't stand raw onion. But I think I'd like to try it again either without onion or with something in its place. The spongyness is pretty neat! I did have some trouble shaping the loaves, and had to add at least an additional 1/4 cup of water past the maximum you recommended just to get the loaves to stick together. They were pretty crumbly. I wonder if maybe a bit of coconut oil might help everything stick together? (But definitely not with the onions!)

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Hi Penelope,

Thanks so much for your feedback!

Yes, this recipe definitely has a strong onion flavor. I think you could use raw coconut meat instead of the onions, but I haven't tried that myself since I don't have easy access to young Thai coconuts.

Also, thanks for sharing your dryness issue. I will make the recipe again soon with my measurements and see how I fare. I'll update here with my second results when I do that. 

Glad to be of assistance! Your site is definitely my go-to place for getting back on the raw food wagon (which I usually fall off of because I don't have time to make all the fancy/complicated recipes posted everywhere else!). I just popped a half batch of your raw sweet bread in the dehydrator at lunch today, so I'm really excited to see how it turns out! The batter smelled absolutely amazing.

I'll have to try the coconut meat. I do remember Russell James using that in his recipe, but I've always been so daunted by the prep work of opening, draining, peeling, etc. I wonder, do you think something like bell pepper might work in place of the onion? I'd really love to have a great savoury bread recipe - it's the one thing I've had no luck with so far, and I miss sandwiches a great deal!

Abeba (Krazy Kracker Lady) made it for the first time without onion. She used a bit of red bell pepper and some not-too-sweet apple instead, just to get some moisture in...and she increased the amount of water very slightly. She just loved the way they came out. Next up--various kinds of fruit, squash, etc. I bet a banana version would be delish too!

Perhaps you can use jicama rather than onions. The texture is similar and it's practically flavorless except for a bit of sweetness. I like to juice mine and use the pulp for recipes like this one. If the pulp doesn't come out too dry, place them in a nut milk bag or kitchen towel to wring it out further. Another option is to blend them in the food processor, then wring out.

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GENIUS.

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:)

Please tell me what Dehydrator you use, I just got a Biochef Dehydrator it is proving to be amazing but im wondering if it will do this recipe.....
http://www.biochef.com.au/bcf-product-cat/dehydrator/
Thankyou love your site

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Of course! Any dehydrator will do as long as it's not round

Why can't it be round? That is what I have....

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If that's all you've got by all means use the round one.

However, they don't have very good air circulation so it might not do as good of a job. Give it a try though and report back please!

Can we use coconut from a can?

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Mmm I'm gonna say no

I don't have a dehydrator. Can I bake this in an oven? What temp & for how long?

Thanks

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No sorry, won't work in an oven

What if your oven has a warm setting that the manual states is 110 degrees?

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I hate to be a downer but I doubt it will work - because a dehydrator blows hot air around while an oven heats up an element. Quite different. I do not recommend it.

Hey :) I am new to this but maybe my experience with a warming oven will help? I had planned to make this bread, not having a dehydrator, I always use my warming oven and so far it has worked wonderfully. After reading all the suggestion and comments I went ahead and gave it a shot. I used one small sweet onion, one small to medium zucchini and 1/2 cup of water. I also added some fresh rosemary :) The dough was perfect, not too dry or moist and I popped the six loaves in my warming oven (on cookie cooling racks) between "warm" and "200" (it is an older oven so it doesn't heat up as hot as it says) and left the oven door open a crack to allow air to flow through. I dehydrated it for about 10 hours and it came out great! Crunchy on the outside and very moist and spongy on the inside. The flavor was good too and even my husband loved it :) Like I said, my oven is old and maybe that is why it works?? But for the readers who inquired about the warming oven, maybe it will work for them too?

This raw bread truly is AMAZING! I was hesitant to use 1 1/2 cups onions because I didn't want a super-oniony bread. So I used a half of a small onion, as well as the meat from two fresh coconuts. Scraping the meat off the inside of the coconut was the only "hassle" part of this recipe. The rest is so simple! And the results.....wow.....100% worth the time I spent scraping out fresh coconut meat. It's exactly as described. Firm and crusty on the outside, moist and spongy on the inside. It cuts easily and keeps well in the fridge. I don't usually comment on recipes or participate in recipe blogs/comments. But this recipe is seriously too good to be true, so I couldn't resist sharing my joy here! I can't get over it. It makes perfect little sandwich buns, and it warms up so nicely in my dehydrator or toaster oven. I AM IN LOVE. Thanks so much for sharing this recipe! I was getting a little tired of raw "breads" that were just flax seed crackers. This is the real deal! And I highly recommend the coconut meat-onion combo. The bread still has a very nice slight onion flavor. DE-LISH.

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Yum Michelle!!

What is wrong with using a round dehyrator. That is what I have.

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Most round dehydrators don't circulate air as well as the square ones. But if that's all you've got - go with it Dani!

I was so surprised by the texture of this bread, love it!

I too thought it was a bit onion-y when I followed the recipe exactly, it was good and worked well with your tuna salad recipe but you did have to be in the mood for onions.

The second time around I used zucchini in place of the onion and it worked quite well as a substitute. The great thing about zucchini is that you can go savory or sweet with it, I reduced the salt, added some raisins and a little maple syrup and it made such a yummy sweet bread. But you could also do garlic or rosemary or some savory flavor and it would probably be great too.

Anyway, thanks for another home run Laura-Jane! I look forward to Continuing to experiment with your base recipe :o)

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Absolutely love your idea for zuch. substitition :) Looking forward to trying it with my next batch :)

When you say "dry almonds", did you mean unsoaked raw almonds, or soaked but dehydrated a bit to dry? Thanks! Love your site :)

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unsoaked raw almonds

I have tried Russel James version with the young coconut and it is great but I was wondering if you could substitute raisins and cinnomin for the onions and garlic

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Hi Joe,

Probably best to try this similar sweet bread instead: http://www.therawtarian.com/raw-bread-recipe-moist-spongy-loaves

Hello! Thank you very much for this recipe, I will definitively try it.
Being just a beginner and in an "experimental" stage with raw food, this is the first time I've come across psyllium husks, I asked about it in my local natural shop, and found out that is a type of cereal/seed. I live in the UK and in said local shop this item is VERY expensive, at £17 (around US $27) for 300 grs, this could be the most expensive bread in humankind's history. Is there anything else I can replace it with?
Also, do you have a good recipe for savoury biscuits? THANK YOU!

Thank you!

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that is weird! in Canada ground psyllium husks are actually quite cheap. The good news is that you don't need very much.

savoury biscuits - no recipe, but I will work on that! would love a savoury raw cheese scone!!

Hi Laura
If you try Holland and Barrett or even one of the large superstores they often have psyllium husks cheaper than than. You can also buy over the internet in bulk cheaper too. Its a good way to bulk our green smoothies and keep you fuller for longer
Good luck!
B

for those having a challenge with opening young coconuts and scraping out the meat, I found a link on youtube that's just fantastic! It's made it so easy.

oops....forgot to add the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPvhxeg_PUA

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Thanks Irma - I will check it out :)

Instead of psyllium husk could I use Irish Moss Gel? I believe that would still give it a spongy effect... but not sure. I've tried 3 bread recipes and one with psyllium husk and I did not like the taste... but I could've done something wrong. I am new at this. I just really looking for something that has the taste of bread with a similar thickness and soft/crunchy to it. BTW I love love love your alfredo recipe. AMAZING!!! I need a vitamix tho!

Can you use Irish Moss Gel instead of Pysillum Husk?

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Mmm I'm gonna say no

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Definitely not!

I was wondering about your dehydrating temps. You set this bread at 145 degrees for an hour? I heard that to protect the enzymes in the food you want to dehydrate at 104-112 about. Could I dehydrate at say, 108, for 12-20 hours and have the same results in the bread?

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Hi Jeanne,

I go into this in my Raw Dehydrating 101 program, but the short answer is that the dehdyrator is slow to heat up so it doesn't get up to that temp during the first hour if you turn it down after one hour

Max temp for raw foods is 105 - 110 degrees or so

Hope that helps

I just made and ate this bread! It is SO GOOD!!! Even my husband, who is always skeptical about anyting healthy, LOVED it! In fact, I only have a few loaves left! Definitely a keeper! As a side note...I doubled the amount of onions becaue I really like onions :)

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Love it! When DH approves you know it's a keeper :)

I was wondering if i put buckwheat flour instead of psyllium husk. i crave for bread so much. I have the rest of the ingredients but psyllium husk, so if i could add buckwheat i would make it tonight :)

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No sorry Nadia - buckwheat flour will not work as a substitute in this recipe. You must use psylliym husk.

thanks a lot, i did make it last night, it tasted good, i had some this morning. i should have put less onions:) i am new to raw food and i love your website. i was just wondering why we shouldn't eat wheat. I thought wheat is a good source of fiber.

AMAZING thank you tons

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