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Breads, Cakes & Basics — 120 recipes from the oven
Bread, cakes and kitchen basics made at home, most of them gluten-free.
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- 120 recipes
- Macros per serving for every recipe: calories, protein, carbs, fat and fiber
- Rico's note and Rico's tip in every recipe
- A Thermomix® or similar version where it makes sense
- Storage and reheating written with meal prep in mind
What's inside
Some of the recipes

Crispy polvilho baguettes
A scalded dough with a crunchy crust, soft inside like pão de queijo.

Savory Portuguese cornbread (broa)
A quick cornbread, with no yeast and no waiting.

Long-fermented gluten-free ciabatta
Overnight dough, irregular holes and a proper crust.

Olive oil and rosemary focaccia
A golden crust, a soft crumb and the scent of rosemary straight out of the oven.

Thin, crispy gluten-free matzo
Just two flours, a very hot oven and five minutes of waiting.

Gluten-free skillet English muffins
Fluffy little breads full of nooks and crannies, cooked in a skillet with no oven.
Full contents all 120 recipes, one by one
Breads
- Crispy polvilho baguettes
- Savory Portuguese cornbread (broa)
- Long-fermented gluten-free ciabatta
- Olive oil and rosemary focaccia
- Thin, crispy gluten-free matzo
- Gluten-free skillet English muffins
- Carrot and flaxseed muffins
- Quick skillet naan
- Taro rolls
- Spiced pumpkin bread
- Homemade garlic bread
- Leek and yogurt bread
- Almond bread with orange and vanilla
- Almond and ghee bread
- Blender rice bread
- Oat and cottage cheese bread
- Microwave oat bread
- Black olive and rosemary bread
- Saffron and almond bread
- Fluffy sweet potato bread
- Green banana biomass bread
- Cocoa and spice bread
- Passion fruit peel bread
- Brazil nut bread
- Onion bread
- Gluten-free beer bread
- High-fiber chia bread
- Lightly sweet coconut bread
- Turmeric and ginger bread
- White bean bread
- Gluten-free white sandwich loaf
- Buckwheat and rice sandwich loaf
- Dark buckwheat and flaxseed sandwich loaf
- All-oat sandwich loaf
- Chickpea bread
- Fermented chickpea bread
- Oat and rice burger buns
- Greek yogurt bread
- Flourless red lentil bread
- Golden flaxseed bread
- Blender sardine bread
- Cassava and polvilho bread
- Peanut butter bread
- Blender cornbread
- Quick polvilho and rice rolls (pão de minuto)
- Millet bread
- Savory pistachio bread
- Protein cheese bread
- Quinoa bread with quinoa flakes
- Rice and almond sandwich bread
- Sunflower seed bread
- Firm-crumb sorghum and rice bread
- Low-carb pork rind bread
- Sprouted buckwheat bread
- Gluten-free French rolls with a crackly crust
- Seven-grain whole-grain bread
- Low-carb almond and coconut bread
- Soft almond milk bread
- Vanilla and cocoa marble loaf
- Skillet pita bread
- Gluten-free pita bread
- Dark coconut and cocoa bread
- Dark buckwheat, cocoa and coffee bread
- Quick oat and Brazil nut bread
- Quick yogurt and herb bread
- Quick sun-dried tomato and basil bread
- Slow-rise rustic bread
- Rustic seed bread
- Rustic buckwheat and seed bread
- Rustic cast-iron pot bread
- Rustic gluten-free psyllium bread
- Savory peanut bread
- Savory zucchini bread
- Sweet cinnamon braid
- Tapioca and flaxseed wrap
Bases & sauces
- Aromatic spice cake blend
- All-purpose oat blend
- Purple sweet potato blend
- Flour blend for fluffy cakes
- Flour blend for pizza and savory bakes
- Seed blend for high-fiber bread
- Neutral sorghum blend
- Almond and chickpea blend
- Grain-free paleo blend
- Blend for soft cookies
- Flour blend for light sandwich bread
- Pão de queijo mix (Brazilian cheese bread)
- Green banana brigadeiro (Brazilian fudge truffle)
- Sweet potato and cocoa brigadeiro (Brazilian fudge truffle)
- Coconut oil buttercream
- Glossy chocolate sauce
- Protein chocolate sauce
- Coconut whipped cream
- Creamy cashew frosting
- Chocolate hazelnut spread
- Lemon curd
- Almond pastry cream
- Thin gluten-free crepes
- Almond brittle
- Coconut dulce de leche
- Vegan white chocolate ganache
- Chocolate avocado ganache
- Quick apricot jam
- Quick berry chia jam
- Lemon glaze
- Vegan royal icing with aquafaba
- Guacamole with cottage cheese
- Vegan condensed milk
- Egg and yogurt mayonnaise
- Base dough for stuffed bread
- Homemade gluten-free gyoza and ravioli dough
- Gluten-free empanada dough
- Crispy tempura batter
- Gluten-free mock phyllo dough
- Quick gluten-free puff pastry
- Shortcrust pastry for savory tarts
- Gluten-free bread flour blend
- Quick passion fruit mousse
- Cauliflower mash with golden garlic
- Prestígio-style coconut filling (like the Brazilian coconut candy bar)
No surprises: every recipe in the book is listed here. Click any of them to see, free, the full ingredient list, macros per serving, allergens and the start of the method.