Parched Flour

Gebranntes Mehl

Preparation info
  • ½ cup

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Pennsylvania Dutch Country Cooking

By William Woys Weaver

Published 1993

  • About

Parching can be done to any type of flour. Parched flours will turn rancid if stored too long, especially in hot weather.

Ingredients

  • ½ cup (60 g) spelt flour or all-purpose flour

Method

Place a 12-inch (30-cm) iron skillet over high heat until it begins to smoke. Add the flour, spreading it evenly on the bottom of the pan. Stir constantly with a wooden spoon or spatula until the flour turns a dark brown color (at most, 10 minutes). The flour will smoke as it parches and ball into small lumps. Break these up with the back of the stirring spoon. The degree of darkness is a matte