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
lahna vanderbush
Mar 27, 2012
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i wonder if this could be made into a pizza crust! cant wait to try it out :)
The Rawtarian
Mar 30, 2012
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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
Jacqueline Davis
Mar 31, 2012
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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.
The Rawtarian
Mar 31, 2012
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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.
Penelope
Apr 04, 2012
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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!)
The Rawtarian
Apr 05, 2012
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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.
Penelope
Apr 09, 2012
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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!
Laurie
Oct 27, 2012
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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!
Anna Begg
Apr 19, 2012
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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
The Rawtarian
Apr 23, 2012
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Of course! Any dehydrator will do as long as it's not round
Sandie Hardman
Jun 04, 2012
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Why can't it be round? That is what I have....
The Rawtarian
Jun 08, 2012
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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!
Organic Women
Jun 04, 2012
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Can we use coconut from a can?
The Rawtarian
Jun 08, 2012
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Mmm I'm gonna say no
Kat
Apr 23, 2012
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I don't have a dehydrator. Can I bake this in an oven? What temp & for how long?
Thanks
The Rawtarian
Apr 23, 2012
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No sorry, won't work in an oven
Phillip Estes
Sep 06, 2012
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What if your oven has a warm setting that the manual states is 110 degrees?
The Rawtarian
Sep 07, 2012
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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.
Michelle Esau
Apr 25, 2012
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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.
dani
May 01, 2012
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What is wrong with using a round dehyrator. That is what I have.
The Rawtarian
May 06, 2012
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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!
Sarah
May 01, 2012
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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)
The Rawtarian
May 06, 2012
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Absolutely love your idea for zuch. substitition :) Looking forward to trying it with my next batch :)
Frannie
May 07, 2012
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When you say "dry almonds", did you mean unsoaked raw almonds, or soaked but dehydrated a bit to dry? Thanks! Love your site :)
The Rawtarian
May 07, 2012
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unsoaked raw almonds
joe
May 14, 2012
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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
The Rawtarian
May 14, 2012
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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
Laura
May 22, 2012
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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!
The Rawtarian
May 27, 2012
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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!!
Bryony
Jul 16, 2012
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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
Irma Smith
May 28, 2012
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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.
Irma Smith
May 28, 2012
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oops....forgot to add the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPvhxeg_PUA
The Rawtarian
Jun 01, 2012
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Thanks Irma - I will check it out :)
Erica
Jun 06, 2012
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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!
Erica
Jun 07, 2012
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Can you use Irish Moss Gel instead of Pysillum Husk?
The Rawtarian
Jun 08, 2012
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Mmm I'm gonna say no
The Rawtarian
Jul 30, 2012
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Definitely not!
Jeanne Webb
Jun 30, 2012
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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?
The Rawtarian
Jul 30, 2012
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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
Christina
Jul 30, 2012
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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 :)
The Rawtarian
Jul 30, 2012
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Love it! When DH approves you know it's a keeper :)
nadia
Jul 31, 2012
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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 :)
The Rawtarian
Aug 05, 2012
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No sorry Nadia - buckwheat flour will not work as a substitute in this recipe. You must use psylliym husk.
nadia
Aug 06, 2012
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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.
FitMeTraining
Sep 29, 2012
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AMAZING thank you tons
The Rawtarian
Sep 30, 2012
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Glad you liked it. Love your picture of this recipe on FB!
FitMeTraining
Oct 06, 2012
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:)
The Rawtarian
Oct 08, 2012
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:)
Jayme
Oct 18, 2012
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I love this recipe! I was craving a hamburger and used this recipe with sunflower seeds (allergic to almonds) to make the buns for sliders that definitely satisfied my craving.
The consistency is very dough-like and somewhat reminded me of masa. So, I decided to make tortilla chips. I cut the recipe in half, substituted fresh corn, onion, cilantro, and a slice of habanero for the onions and lime for the lemon juice. I used about a tsp per chip and flattened it with a tortilla press (between to oiled pieces of baking parchment.) They turned out perfect. I really would like to thank you for sharing this recipe. I'm using it as a base to experiment with a lot of different ideas.
The Rawtarian
Nov 02, 2012
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And now you are inspiring me to make something new recipes out of these, Jayme! Love your idea. Thank you for sharing it!
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