Note: The recipe has been updated since 2022 because the previous Mix it Universal by Schär flour was discontinued.
The last time I ate lagana on a Clean Monday was back in 2014. Ever since I was diagnosed with celiac disease, Clean Monday has been for me, just another day of gluten-free bread. This year I decided to dare and make my own gluten-free lagana.
I have tried several gluten free flours. At first, I thought that since these flours lack protein (wheat), I added animal protein. But that was not suitable for fasting. So I kneaded and rolled them into amazing Thessaloniki bagels (koulouria”). Then I made another recipe adding some gluten free wheat flour, to make it smell better (familiar), potato flakes and more. A total failure! It didn’t rise enough and came out very dry. So I made most of it into rusks to grind for my meatballs and made some of that lagana into garlic croutons for my salad.
With the Mix it Farina flour by Schär I can say that my lagana took off in taste. It turned out amazing!!! Fluffy!!! Crispy on the outside and soft inside!!! Very easy without many ingredients and delicious!!! Just like the laganas I used to eat before 2014. The whole family went crazy and the two laganas I made were finished immediately (half a lagana each for breakfast!) So I went back to my kitchen to make two more gluten-free laganas that were made fast, easy and simple.
I started to make small and individual laganas all year round! Especially in the summer, we fill them with whatever we like and take them with us to the beach when we go swimming.
Finally a Clean Monday with a gluten-free laganna for me too!!
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Abbreviations: g=grams • kg= kilograms • cup=250 ml • tsp= teaspoon=5 ml • tbsp= tablespoon=3 tsp=15 ml • ml= millilitre= (1ml=0.034 fl oz / 1fl oz=29.6 ml) • l=litre/liter=1000ml
Sift the flour into a bowl, make a small pit in the middle and add the yeast, sugar and 2 tbsp. of the lukewarm water.
Leave it aside, in a warm place for about 30 Minutes, or in the oven at 50°C/120°F for about 20 Minutes or so, until the yeast activates and rises.
As soon as the yeast is ready, mix it with the rest of the flour, adding the lukewarm water, olive oil and salt.
Mix well with a whisk. The dough becomes stiff but we cannot shape it by hand.
Line a greaseproof paper to a big baking tray/pan.
Pour the content as pouring a cake mixture into the form, i.e. by pouring it, simply here we spread the dough and form/shape to lagana, in the baking pan.
Leave it in a warm place for for about 30 Minutes until it rises. Alternatively, in the oven at 50°C/120°F. For about 12 Minutes.
Once it has risen, press it with your fingers to give it the familiar look we know.
Mix the sugar with the water and brush it over lagana and sprinkle it with sesame seeds.
Leave it for another 10 Minutes to rise again.
Bake at 175°C/330°F for about 30 Minutes, until it gets a golden-brown color.
Then place it on a rack and let it cool down.
Ingredients
Directions
Sift the flour into a bowl, make a small pit in the middle and add the yeast, sugar and 2 tbsp. of the lukewarm water.
Leave it aside, in a warm place for about 30 Minutes, or in the oven at 50°C/120°F for about 20 Minutes or so, until the yeast activates and rises.
As soon as the yeast is ready, mix it with the rest of the flour, adding the lukewarm water, olive oil and salt.
Mix well with a whisk. The dough becomes stiff but we cannot shape it by hand.
Line a greaseproof paper to a big baking tray/pan.
Pour the content as pouring a cake mixture into the form, i.e. by pouring it, simply here we spread the dough and form/shape to lagana, in the baking pan.
Leave it in a warm place for for about 30 Minutes until it rises. Alternatively, in the oven at 50°C/120°F. For about 12 Minutes.
Once it has risen, press it with your fingers to give it the familiar look we know.
Mix the sugar with the water and brush it over lagana and sprinkle it with sesame seeds.
Leave it for another 10 Minutes to rise again.
Bake at 175°C/330°F for about 30 Minutes, until it gets a golden-brown color.
Then place it on a rack and let it cool down.
- Make them small individual laganas that will be easier to take with you. Stuff them with whatever you want or with the amazing gluten-free Taramosalad (click here for the recipe) and some dill.
- You can use only the Schär’s flour Mix B – Mix Bread if you want, but I suggest you combine it with the Schär‘s flour Mix it Farina because it will have a crispier crust.
- If you have in your area the Mix it Universal by Schär, then use this alone and you will have a perfect result!
Good Luck and Bon Appétit!!!
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