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The Fair Trade Cook Book

Spelt Bread

Brown bread using only organic wholemeal spelt flour.
This is an English recipe.
See Wikipedia - Spelt for more information.

Ingredients

warm water

450 gm	Doves Farm Organic Spelt Flour
10 gm	dried yeast
5 gm	salt
	Zaytoun FAIRTRADE Palestinian olive oil
to taste	FAIRTRADE freshly ground black pepper
30 ml	pumpkin seeds
30 ml	sunflower seeds
30 ml	linseeds
350 - 400 ml
FAIRTRADE	Sources Olive Oil Seeds

Method

Notes

Spelt has a high gluten content and is very suitable for breadmaking.
The wholemeal flour is coarse to the touch and absorbs a lot of water in making dough.

Preparation

Mix the flour, dried yeast, salt and (optionally) the seeds in a large bowl.
Gradually add the water and stir with a wooden spoon to form a shaggy mess.
Then flour your hands and continue adding water to form a dough ball.
Lightly oil the dough and place in an oiled baking tin.
Allow to rise for about 60 minutes until almost doubled in size.
Pre-heat the oven to Gas Mark 6.

Cooking

Bake in the oven for 45 minutes.
Remove from the loaf tin and put back in the oven for a further 10 minutes.
The loaf is baked when it sounds hollow to a tap on the bottom.
Allow to cool on a wire rack.

Variations

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