February 11, 2015 - 2:01pm
Spelt and teff bread: Finding my inner ancient goddess
I would say I felt as one with my ancient grandmas, except that I used a modern oven and refrigerator. And my home is nicely heated without manual labor involved. Running water ...
Still, a wonderful spelt and teff loaf - recipe, anxiety and details. Thinking of exploring the teff further with a wheat combination. It does not rise (mainly used for injera, the Ethiopian bread) so probably could be used as a good matzo ingredient (loved the spelt matzo last Passover). Actually considering a trial run of my own matzo, though not actually for the holiday. Back to teff, my area has tons of Ethiopian restaurants (and a large Ethiopian diaspora), so the injera link was meaningful. DC is the land of plentiful and really good Ethiopian food.
I dabbled in gluten free and brown teff added such a great flavor to the loaves! I gave the flour away before a move but may need to revisit the idea of adding it as a flavorant to my regular loaves.
Enjoy the variety and experiment deliciously.