Whole & Pure Bread (review)
I found it in Maja Polish store in London. £2.49 for a small wooden tin with a bag of ingredients. The packaging with recipe was all in Polish, but there was a leaflet in English with a lot of information. Just no one thought about translating the recipe as well, so I’m filling in the gap.
The ingredients are mainly seeds, some of them puffed. Included are oats, soy, sunflower, linseed, rye, pumpkin, spelt and sesame. There is fibre, which I’m pretty sure is psyllium husks (we use it in the gluten free recipes like the Gluten free burger buns). They have added some spice as well, but I couldn’t tell what it was.
The recipe states a couple extras should be added when mixing. There is no leavening agent expected, it’s supposed to be a seedy brick.
Manufacturers’ website: http://czystoziarnisty.eu/en/
Time Planning
The loaf needs to sit for two hours before baking (I’m assuming this is to let the moisture get distributed across the whole of the mixture evenly), then 70 minutes baking. You’ll also have to wait for at least 5 hours before slicing.Ingredients
- 250 g box content
- 230 g water
- 50 g pumpkin seeds, or other seeds or fruit, as you prefer
- 20 g vegetable oil
- 20 g honey
- 6 g salt
Instructions
Put all ingredients in a bowl and mix until they roughly come together. Leave for 5 minutes
Preparation Put into the tin and leave for 2 hours
Bread in the tin Set the oven to 190 C and bake for 70 minutes
Let it cool down for at least 5 hours (until it is completely cool)
There’s also a warning to not keep it in a plastic bag, I’m guessing this is to prevent more moisture from building up which would in turn cause it to fall apart.
Simple, isn’t it? The bread can be easily sliced. It’s not very flexible, but isn’t very crumbly either.
I like the bread’s flavour, it’s quite mild, but the spice adds to it. I still don’t know what it is. I would recommend adding some raisins or other dried fruit to make it more interesting, but it’s ok even on its own.
I took it to work and people liked it (but still preferred what we bake 😉 ).
If you have never baked bread and would like something easy, this is one of the things I would recommend trying. It was really easy to make.
