QUIZ

Can you guess what it is?

More importantly, what ingredient gives it its colour?

The  first person to comment to the question with the right answer will win this ingredient.

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17 responses to “QUIZ”

  1. maria Avatar

    χαρούπι?

  2. YanniD Avatar
    YanniD

    Yeast

  3. admin Avatar
    admin

    This is not carob nor is it petimezi.

  4. admin Avatar
    admin

    Yanni, yeast? No,no!

  5. Tania Avatar
    Tania

    I’m thinking rye flour or molasses.

  6. admin Avatar
    admin

    The colour is neither molasses nor rye flour. However this darkening effect has been produced by a sort of flour.

  7. Tania Avatar
    Tania

    ok, I’m having another stab at it.
    The only dark coloured thing that comes to mind is olives.
    I’m going with olive flour. Is there such a thing?

  8. Maria Avatar

    My first thought was a spiced bread or rusk … as for the darkening ingredient, I’d say a dark whole wheat flour.

  9. admin Avatar
    admin

    Tania, Maria, in the past, this sort of flour that produces the dark colour was a staple food, indeed the only resource for ‘the very poor man’s bread’! Today it has been revived as a luxury ingredient.

  10. Emanuel Avatar
    Emanuel

    Amaranth flour, but I would have thought that either wine or ashes gave the color to the product.

  11. Christina Avatar
    Christina

    Barley?

  12. Emanuel Avatar
    Emanuel

    Chestnut flour. The color comes from chestnuts as they dry.

  13. Maria Avatar
    Maria

    It’s bread made from Teff flour.

  14. admin Avatar
    admin

    Emanuel yes!! The color comes from chrestnut flour. E-mail me your address and I’ll send you a packet of a wonderful Greek chestnut flour.

    Stamatia, Christina, Maria… sorry!! 🙂

  15. YanniD Avatar
    YanniD

    Chestnut flour.WOW that was good.

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