Gluten-Free Cassava Flatbread (4-Ingredient Wraps)

If the sandwich loaf is the bread coeliacs miss, the flatbread is the one that quietly solves the most problems, and this one needs just four ingredients. Cassava flour (milled from the yuca root) makes a soft, pliable round that folds without cracking: a wrap, a taco shell, a pizza base, or something to tear alongside a curry. No gums, no blend, no rise, no eggs: just cassava flour, salt, oil and hot water. No cassava flour in the cupboard? Plantain flour is the grain-free backup our flour library suggests for wraps (this recipe was written for cassava).

Gluten-Free Cassava Flatbread (4-Ingredient Wraps)

Soft, pliable 4-ingredient gluten-free flatbread from cassava flour: a wrap, taco shell or pizza base that folds without cracking. Naturally vegan, dairy-free and egg-free. One bag of cassava flour and you are never without bread again.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 35 minutes mins

Servings: 4 flatbreads

Course: Bread, Side Dish

Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients

  

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• 150 g cassava flour certified GF, not tapioca starch (see notes)
• 0.5 tsp sea salt
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 200 ml hot water 200–220 ml, just off the boil

Method

 

1. Mix & rest: Combine the cassava flour and salt. Add the oil, then slowly stir in the hot water. Knead until a smooth, non-sticky dough forms. Divide into 4 balls, cover, rest 10 minutes.
2. Roll & toast: Roll each ball between two sheets of parchment into thin circles. Cook on a dry skillet, 1–2 minutes per side, flipping when golden spots appear. Wrap in a towel to keep warm and soft.

Notes

Coeliac notes
• Cassava flour is naturally gluten-free (the whole yuca/manioc root, milled) but often processed with wheat: buy one labelled/certified gluten-free.
• Cassava flour is not tapioca starch: both come from the same root, but this needs the whole-root flour.
• Naturally vegan, dairy-free, egg-free and nut-free: one of the most allergy-friendly breads there is.
• Store 2 days wrapped; freezes well (reheat on a dry skillet). Use as a wrap, taco shell or GF pizza base. When a label is unclear, treat it as "not for me".

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