Gluten Free Croutons
I love croutons in a salad, but we do try to avoid wheat, so it’s been a while since I had them. The other night, I was making the salads to go with dinner, I got out the last pieces of a loaf of gluten free bread I had in the fridge that was getting hard and decided to make croutons.
It’s my usual recipe, made with a blend I put together of both rice and corn flour, and lots of seeds (sesame, flax, sunflower). Often I add crushed nuts to it as well.
It’s a pretty dense bread, and it does tend to try out and get hard after a couple of days. I cut it up into small cubes, arranged it on my Silpat on top of a cookie sheet, drizzled it with olive oil, and put it in the oven to toast for 15 minutes or so.
I let it get crunchy around the edges, but not all the way through, so they were easy to eat with a fork. I don’t like extremely crunchy croutons that are difficult to eat.
They made a great addition to our salads: a tasty alternative to just eating a slice of bread with our meal, and a great new salad ingredient.
Enjoy!
Did you make the bread or add flour to the ready made loaf? I’m just tryna understand the the addition of the flour….Polenta’s also really good for making gluten free croutons. Actually you’ve just reminded me, I was meant to make some aaaaaaaaages ago, yet another recipe to add to the list!
Thanks for your question. I think I need to re-read things once more before posting, because I wasn’t very clear! I made the bread (I used leftover bread that was already getting dry) and didn’t add any additional flour. Just regular homemade bread.
Good idea on the polenta! I kind of OD’d on it years ago, so I haven’t made it in a long time. Thanks!
Ah ok, I thought it was some sort of way to make them extra crispy but I got it now.
No, but I did try that when I made chipá on Sunday, and they came out GREAT. I made the dough with tapioca flour as I always do, and then rolled them in my corn-rice blend and tapped off the excess flour before baking them. They held their form a little better and didn’t flatten out as much. I will definitely be doing that again!