Spice up Schär’s savory gluten-free baguettes to accompany any meal

Product: Schär Gluten-Free Baguettes – $7.99+

Despite the fact that loaves of bread are bought packaged in plastic all the time, sometimes it’s hard to fathom that something so soft and fluffy could emerge out of a vacuum sealed wrap like Schär’s rolls and breads do.  It just seems to boggle the mind and go against nature.  Rustic breads, such as baguettes and ciabatta (two offerings by Schär) should come wrapped in paper from the local corner bakery, right?

Well, for most people…yes.  For someone with an intolerance to gluten, well…breads are never an easy task.  While everyone else is gobbling up garlic toast and bread coated with olive oil and seasoning, it’s hard not to want something for yourself as well.

That’s where Schär steps in.  While out at the grocery store…I admit it…I splurged.  I was planning on baking up a polenta gnocchi that week to have for dinner throughout and wanted something to accompany it.  Previously, I had enjoyed Schär’s ciabatta rolls.  This time, I decided to grab the package that contained two baguettes and give that a try.

These baguettes come sealed in a vacuum-locked package to hold in the freshness of the parbaked bread.  Upon opening it and pulling out one of the baguettes, the first thing you notice is how soft and fluffy the bread is.  Nothing going stale or stiff…this bread could be eaten just out of the package.  But why do that when God created an oven and a myriad of spices?

One baguette is four servings, so I quartered it, put what I wasn’t using in a plastic bag in the fridge for future evenings, put the unopened baguette in the pantry, and preheated the oven to 400°.  I sliced my quarter of the baguette in half, then brushed a light coating of olive oil over it, seasoned it with garlic salt and a dash of crushed red pepper…and into the oven it went for only five minutes.

What emerged was an amazing gluten-free rustic delight.  The bread still had a bit of give to it, but it had crusted up to perfection.  It had absorbed the seasoning and paired really well with my sauced up dish.  No sauce went to waste, actually, because I now had something that could mop it up.  Schär created a parbaked loaf of bread that holds up on shelves and is absolutely mouthwatering.  It tastes like the real thing, fresh from the oven is like getting it hot from a local bakery as they pull it out of their own oven.  It was absolutely fantastic and just once again went to prove that looks can be deceiving.  Just because something comes packaged in plastic doesn’t automatically mean that it won’t bring a wow-factor to your palate.

Once again Schär does this allergic chef proud with their products.  I can now pair so many dishes with a slice of these scrumptious baguettes and not feel like the odd man out at the dinner table anymore.  Schär does gluten-free bread proud and with two items now that I’ve been highly impressed with, I look forward to giving other products of theirs a shot.

Need a delicious gluten-free alternative to bread…give the baguette a warm in the oven and enjoy.  It’s heaven in every bite, no matter how you dress it up.