Kamut flour bread
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Preparation steps
- Place the flour on a work board and sprinkle the ends with two medium-full teaspoons of salt so that it is not in direct contact with the yeast. Put a little warm 400 ml of water just enough to become lukewarm. Crumble the yeast in water and stir well to dissolve. Make a hollow in the middle of the pile of flour, pour water with yeast and add oil. Knead starting from the middle. Replace the medium firm dough. The exact amount of water depends on the quality of the flour. If it is too hard, add a little more water, if it is too soft, add a little flour. Knead the dough for about 10 minutes until it becomes elastic. Make a ball and cut it and put it in a pot. Cover and leave to rise for an hour ....
- .... until it doubles.
- After an hour, take the dough out of the pot and mix it a little. Divide the dough into two parts, use two thirds for the base, leave one third for the decorations.
- Place the base on an oven tray lined with greaseproof paper. Give it the shape of a sheaf of wheat
- Start working very narrow rollers.
- Coat the base with milk and start placing the rollers. Try not to be too precise but to look natural.
- When you are done with the stems start making classes. Make rollers as wide as a little finger and cut them into pieces about 4 cm long. Roll out the ends a little so that they resemble spikes.
- Take each spike and cut it with scissors first in the middle and then on the sides. Coat the base a little more with milk and start putting the ears. First below and then upwards. Try to place them so that they seem natural so that they are not too precise.
- Press the bottom of the class with scissors into the dough. Do so to the top.
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- Make a little greasy and tighten in the middle. If you are slow like me in the meantime the dough has risen so you can bake it right away.
- Coat with a little more milk and bake at 200 ° for about 40 minutes. Do not open the oven until you see that the bread is starting to turn yellow. Leave on the grill to cool completely.