Wheat Girdle Cakes

Yeast Raised5

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Cooking and Dining in Medieval England

By Peter Brears

Published 2008

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Ingredients

  • 9 oz/250 g wholemeal flour
  • ½ tsp salt

Method

Sift the flour and salt together, dissolve the yeast in the water, and knead together to form a soft dough, adding a little more warm water if necessary.

Cover the dough, and leave to rise in a warm place for 2 hours.

Divide the dough into 3 pieces, and roll or pat each out into a rou