Bialy Bread Slab

As promised... the bialy bread slab was TASTY.. i mean Delicious... i mean YUMMY! Honestly, i haven't had such good gluten free tasting bread in a LONG time. SO i just have to share this recipe. It can be used for many different purposes so let me give you the basic bread slab recipe and then I'll give you the variations of use.

Bread Slabs

2 cups Silvana's flour blend (the flour blend for the previous post)
1 pkg active dry yeast
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. sugar
2 large egg whites, at room temperature, lightly beaten
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, plus more for brushing
3/4 cup warm water

1.In Large bowl whisk together flour, yeast, salt and sugar. Add egg whites, olive oil and water. Using wooden spoon, beat until dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl.

2. Turn the dough unto a lightly floured 12 inch long piece of parchment paper (i didn't use the parchment paper.. i just did it right on my counter top which makes it messier, but i didn't have paper) Lightly flour the top and using your fingers or a rolling pin press the dough to form a rectangle about 3/4 inch thick. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rest at room temp. for about 30 minutes. Cut into 4 equal pieces.

3. Position rack in the bottom of the oven with a baking stone on the rack and preheat oven to 450. Brush each dough piece with olive oil and sprinkle with salt. Slide dough pieces with parchment paper onto the preheated baking stone ( i just picked them up with spatulas and put them right on the baking stone) and bake until puffy and crisp on the bottom, about 10 minutes. Let cool on wire rack.



Now here are the variations... so for the bialy bread slab (what is pictured... which tastes much better then it looks) Same ingredients... just before you make the bread slab...
In medium skillet heat 1 tablespoon olive oil over medium heat. Add 1/2 chopped onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until golden, about 12 minutes. Stir in 1 tablespoon poppy seeds and a pinch of salt and then add to bread mixture. And WALLA a tasty bread slab.. use it as hamburger buns, or layer pizza ingredients on it... that's what i did for Joshua for dinner and he loved it! Tomorrow i am going to try ham and cheese on it... mmmmm

you can add all sorts of different ingredients to the bread! go crazy and try it!

You can also use this recipe as a pizza dough. Just shape into a pizza crust instead of the rectangle slabs!!!!I've tried all sorts of pizza crusts and let me tell you, this recipe trumps them all.

*note- I've been ranting and raving about the gluten free things I've been making... and if you are new to gluten free i want you to know it's an adjustment to get use to. Things taste different, and the texture is a little different, but the recipes that i post are the closest things to gluten filled tasting as i can find. So please keep that in mind as you are experimenting with gluten free food if you are not accustom to it's texture.