Gilchesters Organics Wholemeal Emmer Flour

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Now available from Gilchesters Organics, Emmer was the main cereal grain grown and consumed in the Bronze and Iron Age settlements and is the result of cross-pollinating Einkorn grain with a wild grass, which created a larger, squarer seed head than previously known crops.

A mildly sweet flour flavour, Gilchester wholemeal Emmer flour produces delicious loaves of bread, cake and biscuit baking. Try it also for fresh pasta.

Ingredients: Emmer flour

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Gilchesters Organics 1.5kg bags of emmer flour

Gilchester Organics English organic flour

Recipes and Guides

Recipe: 100% Emmer bread with pumpkin seeds and black barley malt

Dan Lepard

Ok, here’s the lowdown on getting great bread from Emmer or Einkorn flours, the heritage grains that have an undeserved reputation for being tricky souls that won’t behave themselves. In truth, we bakers are the problem when it comes to unusual ingredients. We have a tendency to obsessively search out these curious flours, then complain to the moon and back when they don’t behave like ... Read more

What is Emmer Flour? Why is it used & where is it from?

BakeryBits

Emmer (Triticum dicoccum) is an 'ancient grain', native to parts of the Near East, where it formed part of the diet of hunter-gatherers before becoming domesticated by 7000BCE. It arose as a hybrid between a wild variety of einkorn and an annual goatgrass. It was cultivated in Britain by around 2000BCE, but almost universally it was eventually replaced by higher-yielding grain varieties, though it ... Read more