Deliciously Gluten Free Artisan Breads

(Coeliacs, please note: As a wheat-based business, our environment inevitably contains more than the statutory 20 parts per million of gluten established by law to protect people suffering from coeliac disease. However, we are very careful about cross-contamination, and some coeliacs have done the course here quite happily.  Others send family members along to pick up the knowledge for them. Please get in touch if you would like more information before you decide.)

• Do you suffer from gluten allergy or sensitivity?
• Are you bored with the gluten-free breads you can find in the shops?
• Are you worried about all the additives in industrially produced GF bread?
• Do you want to make better GF bread at home – the sort your family will want to share?
• Are you simply curious about breads from different cultures?

The fields of this world are full of wonderfully nutritious grains that don’t contain any gluten at all. Entire cultures have been built on the sustaining qualities of teff, rice,  amaranth or quinoa … and they each have a cuisine of their own.  Our interest in artisan breads around the world has led us to take a positive, ‘foodie’ approach to baking with less mainstream flours and techniques.    We see it as embracing more creative ways of using alternative flours.  We aim to bake bread that is appetising to look at, pleasing in texture, delicious in flavour, and that doesn’t go stale an hour after being baked. Above all, we see this kind of baking as fun.

By the end of our course you will:

• Understand the uses of chia seed, linseed and psyllium husk as binders
• Understand the properties of various GF flours and their nutritional benefits
• Know how to bake amazing gluten free pizza
• Know how to fit home-baked breads into a busy lifestyle
• Understand the ‘mechanics’ of baking without gluten
• Have the confidence to create your own recipes
• Never eat another ‘cardboard’ loaf again!

Cost: £185 per person, including recipes, lunch, refreshments and lots of gluten-free breads to take home!

Course starts 11 am and finishes 3 pm.

Beginners usually start with this course, followed by the Naturally Gluten Free Sourdough Course. Or, you can do the Gluten Free Mastery Course, which combines the highlights of both. This runs from 10 am to 3 pm and costs £245 per person.