This bread is absolutely amazing!!
This week we are going to prepare a very special wholemeal bread, made with chestnut flour, rosemary and pine nuts.
In Italy, the weather is getting colder; a few days ago I took out my clay cooking pot from the cupboard and I made a nice cereal soup to warm myself up. This rustic but tasty bread goes particularly well with slow cooking dishes. A nice vegetable stew served with chestnut bread could be the perfect Sunday meal for a rainy or a cold day. Great comfort food for those like me who enjoy practising this cooking method.
Tip. Prepare the dough in the evening and let it rise throughout the night, it will save you some time and the recipe will be more manageable.
Wholemeal chestnut bread with rosemary and pine nuts.
Ingredients
100 g (3.5 oz) chestnut flour
120 g (4.2 oz) whole spelt flour
120 g (4.2 oz) wholemeal flour (whole wheat flour)
120 g (4.2 oz) durum wheat flour
140 g (4.9 oz) sourdough (mine is made with plain and manitoba flour) or 15 g yeast
a little bit of barley malt (optional)
water and salt as needed
1 egg yolk
a handfull of pine nuts
a bunch of fresh rosemary
Dough preparation.
1. Combine the flours with salt , malt (optional) and sourdough.

2. Knead until you have a compact dough. Let it rise until the dough doubles in volume (3-6 hours for the sourdough and 1-2 for the yeast).
Making the bread.
1. Roll the dough out on an oven tray covered with baking paper and shape a rectangle.
2. Finally chop the rosemary, then sprinkle with a few pine nuts.
3. Fold the edges, turn it upside down (see the pictures) and let it rise for another hour or two.
4. Slash the surface of the dough with a knife in a criss-cross pattern and garnish with a few pine nuts.
5. Mix the egg yolk with 2 tablespoons of water and brush the top of the bread with the glaze.
6. Bake at 200 ° C ( 392° F) for about 20-25 minutes.
Serve it warm with some butter…It’s absolutely delicious!
Pane integrale con farina di castagne, rosmarino e pinoli.
Ingredienti
100 g di farina di castagne
120 g di semola rimacinata
120 g di farina di farro integrale
120 g di farina integrale di buona qualità
140 g di lievito madre (il mio è fatto con farina bianca e manitoba) o 15 g di lievito di birra
una punta di cucchiaio di malto d’orzo (facoltativo)
1 tuorlo d’uovo
una manciata di pinoli
qualche rametto di rosmarino fresco
Preparazione della pasta.
1. Mescolate le farine con il sale, il malto (facoltativo) e il lievito naturale (o il lievito di birra).
2. Impastate fino ad ottenere un panetto compatto. Lasciate lievitare fino a quando l’impasto raddoppia di volume (3-6 ore per il lievito madre e 1-2 ore per il lievito di birra).
Preparazione del pane.
1. Stendere la pasta su una teglia ricoperta con carta da forno e formate una sfoglia rettangolare.
2. Tritate finemente il rosmarino e cospargetelo con alcuni pinoli sulla sfoglia di pasta.
3. Piegare i bordi come per chiudere un pacchetto (vedi foto). Capovolgete il pane e lasciate lievitare per 2 ore.
4. Fate dei tagli in diagonale (poco profondi) sulla superficie della pasta e guarnite con alcuni pinoli.
5. Mescolare il tuorlo d’uovo con 2 cucchiai d’acqua e spennellare il bordo del pane.
6. Mettete a cuocere in forno a 200 ° C per circa 20-25 minuti. Servite il pane caldo con un po’ di burro sopra.
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This looks and sounds amazing! : )
Thank you Rebecca! Warm was really nice! Slightly sweet, really delicious with butter on…