Chickpea flour and honey bread

Healthy, easy, quick, and gluten-free, this chickpea bread recipe is the perfect recipe to make a quick and easy-to-digest bread . The ideal thing about this bread is to add juiciness, enjoy cream cheese and salty ingredients with it, from olives to sun-dried tomatoes. I'll tell you all about it in this post!

By nature, it is a rather dry bread , and its crust is more like a sandwich bread than a traditional bread (its crust is not too soft but it is not crunchy either). That said, it has a very distinctive flavour: if you like the taste of chickpeas or enjoy hummus, you will definitely love this bread!

I can still hear my little one saying, "That smells so good, Mommy, what is it?" I must also say that my second oldest child, who loves hummus just the same, said it. It's a bread with an intense chickpea aroma that is delicious!

Precisely for this reason, because of its flavour, it is ideal to personalise it with your favourite flavours : use this recipe to make chickpea and sun-dried tomato bread, olive bread... or a sweet chocolate bread . I show you how to make it in the recipe.

Who do I recommend this bread to?

If you are one of those who enjoy traditional bread with a crispy crust and a soft, fluffy crumb, this bread is not for you.

But if you are looking for a bread that is super quick to make, that doesn't require any rising or waiting and that you can prepare in 5 minutes and have it baked and ready to eat in 30, take note of this recipe!

It is also a perfect option for those looking for gluten-free recipes, as it does not contain any gluten or a mixture of flours, only chickpea flour.

It is ideal for those looking for an aromatic and different bread that can be combined with a wide variety of ingredients.

How to enjoy chickpea bread?

Being a chickpea-based bread, it is rather dry in the mouth, and that is why you will really enjoy it with:

• Cream cheese: Spread some slices of chickpea bread with cream cheese and enjoy as is, or turn it into bite-sized snacks (with some roasted vegetables on top, salmon, chorizo, roasted bacon, with spring onions, cherry tomatoes, dried tomatoes...
• To accompany baked meats and fish: the chickpea flavour is ideal for enjoying the bread with the juices from meat and fish dishes. Dip this bread into those dishes and you'll see how delicious it is!
• To make sandwiches made of bread with tomato, oil and a good pinch of salt: fill two slices of this bread with any sausage such as Iberian ham, bacon and cheese, sobrasada... It's ideal for this!
• Toasted, with a little oil and salt and the accompaniment of your choice.
• To enjoy something sweet: use caramel cream or hazelnut and cocoa cream to spread on a slice of this bread, and both children and adults will enjoy it very much.
• It is the ideal base for making savory bread with tomato, onion or olives.
• Add chocolate chips to the batter! Chocolate is a great addition to this bread, and when it melts it adds a moistness. Simply mix chocolate chips or chopped chocolate into the batter and mix well before pouring the batter into the pan.

Ingredients

• 380 gr chickpea flour
• 310 ml water
• 1 teaspoon of full salt (about 10 gr)
• 2 tbsp honey
• 1 sachet dry yeast (5 gr)
• 2 tbsp olive oil

Optional: Customize your chickpea bread as you like or according to your purpose:

• Add herbs to the mix: oregano, basil, rosemary... the herbal aroma will definitely add to the final result.
• Spring onion (previously poached) or chopped dried tomatoes
• Chopped black or green olives
• Chocolate: add some chocolate chips or chopped fondant chocolate, it tastes great.

Preparation

1. Add the chickpea flour, salt and yeast to a bowl and mix*.
2. Add the honey and oil.
3. Add water gradually, stirring constantly. When you have a homogeneous and moist mixture.
4. If you want to make bread with dried tomatoes, sweet onions, olives, herbs or chocolate, this is the perfect time to add the ingredients you want and mix to distribute throughout the dough. Set aside.
5. Preheat the oven to 200ºC, top and bottom heat.
6. Prepare a rectangular mould or Le Creuset terrine with release spray (to make it easier to remove, you can apply baking paper).
7. Pour the batter into the pan and bake for about 30 to 35 minutes, until the crust is golden**.

Grades

*If you use the KitchenAid mixer, put the ingredients directly into the bowl and turn the mixer on at speed 2, and continue mixing with the flexible-sided paddle attachment from the moment you add the dry ingredients until you obtain the final dough.

**If using the Le Creuset terrine, keep the terrine covered until the crust appears cooked, and you can remove the lid for the last few minutes to brown the crust.