I’ve been puttering around in the kitchen this summer experimenting with different gluten free and grain free flours both alone and in combination. In particular, I really wanted to nail a low carb homemade focaccia recipe.
Learning how to easily bake delicious breads, cookies and pastries with various flour combos – both grain and non-grain based – is something I am very much interested in mastering.Â
My reasons are mostly practical …. baking is a very easy way to successfully incorporate a variety of grains and nuts into my family’s diet. Â For example, one of my children won’t eat almonds but will happily eat the ginger snaps I make with sprouted almond flour.
I must admit, though, experimenting with flours is just plain fun even when a dish doesn’t turn out exactly as I had hoped!
Homemade Focaccia
Low carb focaccia is one recipe I recently made which my family thoroughly enjoyed. Â You can see the focaccia end result in the picture above paired with seasonal, organic lychee fruit.
I prefer to make this particular focaccia recipe using almond flour and sorghum flour. While this flour pairing is gluten free and low carb, if you wish it entirely grain free you can go one step further and substitute cassava or arrowroot flour for the sorghum to make a Paleo style focaccia.
How will you make this focaccia if you decide to try it? Â Gluten free or entirely grain free?
If you enjoy this low carb focaccia, try this Paleo Irish soda bread or Paleo Honey Bread too.
If you like to mix up your baking flours like I do for variety, check out this definitive guide on how to make gluten free flour.
Low Carb Portuguese Focaccia Recipe
Enjoy this delicious and nourishing low carb Portuguese focaccia recipe which is gluten free with a grain free Paleo style option.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup almond meal or flour
- 1/4 cup sorghum flour preferably sprouted and organic
- 1/2 cup coconut sugar
- 3 eggs
- juice one large orange or 2 small oranges
Instructions
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Beat the egg yolks with the sugar until just mixed. Gently beat in the sorghum (or arrowroot) flour and then the almond flour.
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Slowly mix in the juice.
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Beat the whites of the eggs with a pinch of sea salt until stiff. Gently fold them into the batter being careful not to overmix.
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Pour the focaccia batter into a glass bread pan (I like these) generously greased with butter or expeller pressed coconut oil, The batter should be about 1 inch deep.
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Bake for 30 minutes at 350 F/177 C or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
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Serve focaccia alone as a delicious gluten free coffee cake or as a light dessert sprinkled with sucanat powderized in a food processor or freshly ground cinnamon.
Recipe Notes
Substitute arrowroot or cassava flour for sorghum if desired for a grain free focaccia.
Substitute sucanat for coconut sugar if desired or use date syrup for a GAPS friendly focaccia.
 If you don't have oranges on hand, you may substitute 1/4 cup lemon juice plus 2 Tbl water plus 1 tsp orange extract.Â
Sarah, The Healthy Home Economist
This is a great idea and very timely for me, as my husband has been struggling with something autoimmune, so we are on an elimination diet…no gluten! He asked me this morning why gluten is bad and if it is naturally occurring in all grains. I thought I knew the answer, but now I am unable to answer him in a way to satisfy his practical understanding. Would love for you to explain it Sarah, but if not, would someone just give me a condensed statement that I can use to make it crystal clear? Thanks!
Although it looks okay, I’m seriously wondering what would be ‘Portuguese’ about this recipe. Focaccia is an Italian bread, not a Portuguese bread. And then again…the end result doesn’t resemble a focaccia at all. Why not just call it a “Paleo (or low carb) fleat bread”, since this recipe has really not one single ingredient in common with a focaccia….
It’s the orange juice 🙂
it looks good for breakfast! I’m Portuguese and this recipe doesn’t look like a traditional Portuguese food