Kamut flour is often connected with Ancient Egypt and its Pharoahs. The word kamut is one of the Ancient Egyptian words for wheat and was recently put to use as a brand name, a modern registered trademark, for the flour. But the grain’s other name, Khorasan, comes from the Ancient Persian province meaning where the sun arrives from. It grew in the fertile area between Mesopotamia and Egypt and hasn’t been bred over time, like many other grains.
The bread is whole grain, dense and cake-like.
500 g of Kamut Flour (Waitrose, health food shop)
Half a teaspoon of salt
1tsp of Easy bake yeast
1 tsp of sugar (honey?)
375 ml warm water
2 tbsp olive oil
Mix all the dry ingredients together.
Stir in the warm water then knead vigorously. Leave until it has doubled in size (about an hour).
Knock back the dough, add the oil and knead it in until it is incorporated.
Transfer dough into an oiled 2llb bread tin. Let it double in size (around 30 minutes)
Bake in a pre heated oven for 35-40 mins.
It is quick if you mix and knead with a food processor, and leave the dough to rise for the first time in the processor’s bowl.
Where did this come from? : A recipe on the side of the packet.
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