Spelt Bread Recipe from Belgium | EU Politics Explained by Baking Belgian Spelt Loaf

which came first bread Oh beer ask aBelgian and you’ll get one answer beerbeer beer and they might be rightthere’s evidence that early humans grewgrain not for food but for beer smartpeople so how did the bread come aboutthe fermented beer got spilt when itdried they baked it on a hot stove andvoilaBelgian spelt loaf spelt is an ancientgrain as very popular in Belgium it’sone of the three key ingredients thatmake up this loaf the others being waterand a pinch of salt three ingredientsthat’s all for the recipe for Belgium asa country French and Flemish speakerswith a pinch of German sounds simpleit’s not especially when you put the keyingredients together ever since theformation of Belgium the french-speakingballoons and the Flemish have beeninvolved in a centuries-long bun fightnow if you leave spelt flour and waterin a jar for a long time you also get alively culture of lactic acid bacteriaand yeastneed everything for 10 minutes pre shapethe loaf and transfer it to a provingbasket[Music]sourdough just like Belgium needs timetake the 2010 elections after the votethe country took 541 days to form agovernment after all why rush the samegoes for commuting Brussels the –usecapital is one of the most congestedcities in Europe people spend 83 hoursper year in traffic jams so in truebelgian fashion give your sourdough atleast 20 hours in the fridge finallyscore the loaf and place it in a hotoven at 250 degrees Celsius during thefirst few minutes of baking the loafwill rise rapidly as the gases trappedinside expand further baking buffs callthis final rise the oven spring justlike PFF start put the whole package itit all fits a foreign policy the formerBelgian Prime Minister is known to letoff steam in the European Parliamentnow steam is also great for your breadit helps it cook evenly after 30 minutesyour Belgian loaf is done and shouldthere be leftovers there’s a Belgiansolution for that our ancestors may havemade bread from beer but modern-dayBelgium Brewers like this one are makingbeer from bread bread that otherwisewould have gone to wasteBravo[Music]thanks for watching and if you’re hungryfor more bread recipes click here