Our passion is great bread!
The Bread of the Month (BOM) for the Artisan Bread Baker’s FB group is Spelt-Wheat Sourdough (modified from a Tartine recipe). I made it exclusively with ancient grains by substituting Einkorn for the regular whole wheat, and all-purpose KAMUT and Spelt flours for the bread flour. I utilized an Einkorn sourdough starter and mixed it with all-purpose Spelt to create the levain. The loaves were
My love affair with einkorn continues …. with this Einkorn & Spelt Pain au Levain with Caramelized Onions and Rosemary. Over the past few months, I’ve been baking with spelt and KAMUT so einkorn got put on the back burner. Every time I would reach in the freezer to pull out one of the other ancient grains, the container of milled einkorn would beckon to
I’m continuing my experiment with Einkorn. This time, I made a basic whole wheat bread using freshly milled Einkorn flour and an overnight sponge. You can also make this bread with regular whole wheat or spelt flour if you prefer. Einkorn was the first wheat to be cultivated by man over 12,000 years ago. It is starting to make a come back because of its
