Einkorn

Petit épeautre

What it is

The oldest cultivated wheat there is — grains were found in the stomach of Ötzi, the man frozen in an Alpine glacier five thousand years ago. Haute Provence still grows it, and it has never been crossbred into anything modern.

In the kitchen

Cook the whole grains like rice, in twice their volume of water. As a flour it barely rises — blend it with a stronger one.

Goes with

Olive oil Thyme Tomato Lamb Honey Almond Button mushroom Lemon

Same species

Bulgur Couscous Emmer wheat Wholemeal flour T45 flour T55 flour

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