Product: Rudi’s Gluten-Free Bakery Multigrain Hamburger Buns – $5.99+
It’s the story of my life these days. Veggie burger…no bun. Portobello mushroom sandwich…no roll. Going gluten-free meant giving up on ever having a burger or sandwich with the bread served at the restaurant. And for awhile, it meant making my own at home on what gluten-free bread I could find…no actual buns.
And then…Rudi’s hamburger buns were dropped into my lap by the graciousness of the gluten-free gods.
I can’t say enough good things about Rudi’s Gluten-Free Bakery. They have provided the gluten-free community with outstanding bread products, from sandwich bread, to pizza dough, to buns and rolls for hamburgers and hotdogs. It means we gluten-free foodies can have our bread and eat it too.
My first opportunity to use Rudi’s Multigrain Hamburger Buns came up when my office had it’s monthly lunch meeting. They were ordering sandwiches from a local pizza place up the street. I was prepared to do my usual thing and just bring something in, but the Portobello Sandwich (Portobello Mushroom, Provolone cheese, lettuce and tomato) sounded really good to this vegetarian. So, I placed the order, highlighted and underlined that I did not want bread, and hoped for the best.
The following day, the lunches arrived and I had LOTS of mushrooms with melted cheese and my sides of tomato and lettuce in a bowl. I brought in my Rudi’s Multigrain Hamburger Bun, warmed it in the microwave for a few seconds, sliced it, and put some of the cheesy mushrooms on it, added tomato and lettuce, and now…I was having a sandwich just like everyone else in the office. And man…I bet my roll was better than what this pizza place offered.
Rudi’s Gluten-Free Multigrain Hamburger Buns have this very pleasing sweetness baked into them, in part from the molasses and honey that are included in the ingredients. When you slice into them, you can see the variety of grains, especially the sunflower seeds. They have this great, bounce-right-back texture, so when you take a bite and everything squishes down, it puffs back up, even better than the real thing ever did. And these are sturdy! It held up to Portobello mushrooms, tomato, cheese and lettuce, without getting soggy on me and falling apart on my plate.
But my love affair with the hamburger buns don’t stop there. At home, I found a great brand of gluten-free veggie burgers. So, the other day, I cooked one up for dinner and put it on one of Rudi’s buns. One again, the added flair of the honey and molasses adds this great hint of sweetness to every bite, which perfectly complimented my veggie burger and toppings. Absolutely fantastic.
One qualm, and it’s just a nitpick, is that the buns do have to be sliced. They do not come pre-sliced, so make sure you have a knife ready for the task. But, these hamburger buns are versatile and packed with amazing, sweet flavor. Try them at your next tailgating event, picnic, family get-together, or dinner. You won’t be disappointed. In fact…you just might go back for seconds.
The Celiathlete 