Spelt is sometimes considered a subspecies of the closely related species common wheat ( T. Now it survives as a relict crop in Central Europe and northern Spain, and it has found a new market as a health food. Spelt was an important staple food in parts of Europe from the Bronze Age to medieval times.

Spelt ( Triticum spelta), also known as dinkel wheat or hulled wheat, is a species of wheat that has been cultivated since approximately 5000 BC. I simply topped it up with some feta cheese and enjoyed with a bowl of warm Roasted Pumpkin Soup. This bread can be enjoyed with some butter or meats and veggie’s. Dipping it in warm water helps the bread to stay moist, else it will be come hard as the flour is too dense. This was a rather difficult and unusual task. What fascinated with respect to this thick Rye bread was once cooked we have to dip it in warm water for the bread to be soft. I used a combination of Rye & Spelt flour. It can also be eaten whole, either as boiled rye berries or by being rolled, similar to rolled oats. Rye grain is used for flour, bread, beer, crisp bread and animal fodder. It is a member of the wheat tribe and is closely related to barley and wheat. Rye is a grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop. There are however varieties of the traditional rye bread with wheat and whole grain added to make it less dense. Bread made only with rye bread is dark and very dense. Traditionally the rye bread are baked in a pot or steamed in special wooden casks by burying it in the ground near a hot spring. Þorramatur is a selection of traditional Icelandic food, consisting mainly of meat and fish products cured in a traditional manner, cut into slices or pieces and served with dense and dark rye bread and butter.

Due to its climate fruits and vegetables are not generally a component of traditional dishes. Iceland’s cuisine is based on fish, lamb and dairy products with little or no utilization of herbs of spices. Iceland is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic and is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. So for the letter R, we are travelling to Iceland.

Spelt flat bread