Name: Country Bread (Psomi Horiatico)
Yield: Makes One 8-inch round bread and one 9-inch loaf
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 1 cup Sourdough Starter; 1 teaspoon aniseed, ground in a mortar; 1 teaspoon powdered mahlep; ½ cup whole barley flour; 2-2½ cups warm water; 3½-4 cups all-purpose flour; 1½ tablespoons sea salt; 1 cup cornmeal; 1 cup whole wheat flour; Olive oil, for brushing the pans

Preparation info

Makes
One
8 inch round bread

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Foods of Greece

By Aglaia Kremezi

Published 1993

About

Horiatico is usually made with a combination of wheat and barley flour. Bread called horiatico can be found in bakeries all over the country, in many different varieties: with whole wheat flour, sometimes with a little cornmeal, which makes it yellow; with or without sesame seeds; and so forth. This bread is supposed to imitate the homemade bread still found in many villages, but the taste and texture of the store-bought version is completely different.

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