Although I’d seen Kamut Bread Flour on Doves Farm’s website, I’d never seen it in the shops until yesterday. I found it in Waitrose in Nottingham, so I bought some to try. It cost £2.29 for 1Kg.
According to the packaging, Kamut was originally grown by the pharaohs in Egypt. It goes on to say ‘This ancient type of wheat, triticum turgidum, is naturally high in proteins and minerals such as selenium. It is excellent for pasta and breadmaking’.
I followed the recipe on the bag and baked two loaves. The flour is rather yellow gold in appearance and has a distinctive taste, pleasant enough, but not as tasty as my favourite sourdough or rye and spelt.
It’s worth a try, but I don’t expect it to become one of my staple flours.
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