Listen, I rarely get excited about a recipe. It’s not that I don’t get excited about food—on the contrary, I absolutely do—but a recipe? That happens very rarely.
But here comes such a moment.
As part of online recipe research, I searched for the worldwide trend of 2016. The first thing that came up was tahini bread. Tahini bread? What is tahini bread and how did I not know about it?!
Obviously, I couldn’t resist and scoured the internet, mainly on American blogs, to see what all the fuss was about.
Amazingly, it turns out that some genius came up with a recipe for bread that contains—pay attention, and you’d better sit down first—tahini, a little maple (which is optional, really), eggs and baking powder. Hmm, that’s it. No flour, no dairy, no strange ingredients.
Of course I was skeptical, and I also saw plenty of pictures of an unsuccessful finished product— originally it was written without any additions, so the texture is very spongy—but I decided to give it a chance, because I was self-centeredly curious.
The abridged version of the story includes 5 attempts at making this bread (all of which turned out great, by the way) but the one in front of you turned out best, and it’s this version I bring to you so you can share in my excitement.
I’ll say this up front: this bread is great with something spread on it and it’s even better toasted, with golden streaks and the smell of toasted sesame.
And it’s healthy too! Imagine that you’re eating tahini with an egg here. That’s it. And only 6 tablespoons of tahini for the whole loaf of bread. Yay! What is this strange thing?!
But first, 2 important things:
1. Don’t omit the seeds under any circumstances. True, they’re not part of the original recipe, and they also kind of break the 3-ingredient bread thing, but if you want bread that truly resembles bread and not cake, they’re essential and add a lot of texture. Still, keep in mind that the lack of gluten produces a bread that is a bit cakey, not very, but it must be mentioned. The seeds are what really makes the difference. Just enter into this recipe with the right expectations :).
2. Credit matters – I based this recipe on: https://naturedoc.com/grain-free-tahini-bread/