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What Is Spelt Bread

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Spelt is a truly ancient grain - a whopping 9000 years old. Lower yielding than modern wheat spelt is not as readily available. Spelt Bread Recipe Beer brewed from spelt is sometimes seen in Bavaria and Belgium and spelt is distilled to make vodka in Poland. What is spelt bread . It was actually the first grain ever used to make bread - but it fell out of favour when modern techniques took over. Chances are youve heard of spelt an ancient species of wheat that has been used since long ago and as Pollan alluded to you feel a sort of connection with ancient bakers when baking bread this way and especially for me with this ancient grain. Its among many others such as chia buckwheat amaranth and quinoa which are considered pseudocereals. Spelt bread is nutty and slightly sweet with a soft and tender crumb. If you have irritable bowel syndrome and want to eat spelt sourdough. Thats one of many reasons why spelt bread is worth baking another reason being the taste and texture.