Search results for: 'Heirloom soft red winter wheat'

This Hard Red Spring (Bread) Wheat (variety=GLENN) has a bit of a strong taste to it and is usually used for making breads.

NOT an heirloom wheat

Available as:

• Berries
• Whole Flour
• Sifted Flour
• Clear First Flour

A hard red spring (HRS) bread wheat popular in Canada from around 1860 until the early 1900s, when it was replaced by better yielding varieties (though not better tasting). An heirloom variety that pre-dates the intensive breeding that occurred during the "green revolution" of the 1940s and 1950s.

Certified organic

Red Fife has less gluten than our HRS (Glenn) variety, and is therefore harder to make into bread. However, it is heirloom, certified organic and I feel has a superior flavor.

Available as:

• Kernels
• Grits (Medium Grind)
• Cornmeal

not for popping

A certified organic spring Einkorn wheat that has a nice flavor and works as a substitute for All Purpose or Pastry flour, but needs some help if using it for yeast breads.

This bread flour in not from an heirloom wheat and is not certified organic. Look under our wheat tab for Red Fife wheat (and flour) for an organic, heirloom option.

Hard Red Spring (HRS) wheat makes some of the best bread flour in the world. Though Illinois is a little too far south and usually a little too wet to be considered an ideal environment for bread wheat, we've found a variety (Glenn) that is respectable when grown here. It's a good taste, and popular with some Europeans, but a bit overpowering for most Americans if used straight. For most applications I suggest cutting it with another type of flour (or using our premixed All Purpose Flour) because of its strong flavor.

Our sifted hard spring wheat flour (around 80% extraction) has a substantial amount of bran and germ left in it (indicated by it's tan/light brown color), which allows the strong taste of this variety to still come through.

Purple Straw wheat is thought to be the secret ingredient to old time Southern biscuits. A variety of wheat from the 1700s, pre-dating the Revolutionary War, was popular in the "South" until it was crowded out by better yielding modern wheat varieties in the 20th century.

Certified organic

Available as:

• Kernels
• Cornmeal/Grits

not for popping

Our organic heirloom popcorn kernels air-popped.

USDA Certified Organic

Our organic heirloom popcorn kernels air-popped and then topped with a little maple syrup and salt.

USDA Certified Organic

Contains our yellow cornmeal and corn flour.

A whole grain breakfast porridge similar to Nabisco's "Cream of Wheat" Made from our heirloom HRW Turkey Red wheat.

The 12.5 lb and 45 lb options are shipped in a single bag.

Certified organic

Commonly called wheat middlings in the flour industry; this is the portion of the wheat that is sifted out of our sifted flour. Certified organic.

Available as:

• Kernels
• Cornmeal
• Grits (Creamy)
• Bolted Grits
• Corn Flour

not for popping

Available as:

• Kernels
• Cornmeal

Fifteen pounds of grain in a printed cotton bag instead of plastic. This is a food grade cotton bag, but it is not made of organic cotton. Therefore, once the grain is placed in this bag, it is no longer considered certified organic.

We will still place the cotton bag inside another plastic bag for protection from the weather during shipping (unless you email us and ask otherwise).

An artisan type yeast raised bread made with our HRW (Turkey Red) or Einkorn wheat. Milder taste than either our sourdough or HRS breads. A dense loaf with a thick crust. 98% of ingredients from our farm.

Certified organic

Very similar recipe to our artisan bread and is still a dense loaf, but has a thinner crust in a sandwich loaf shape. Made with either our Einkorn or Turkey Red HRW wheat. Has a milder taste than either our sourdough or HRS breads. 98% of ingredients from our farm.

Organic certificate applied for.

Half loaf ~ 3/4 lb

Whole loaf ~ 1.5 lb

USDA Certified Organic.

A dense artisan type sourdough loaf with a thick crust. It takes Sarah 3 days to make this bread, allowing the sourdough taste to come through strong.

99% of total ingredients from our farm.

This loaf bread is made from our HRS sifted wheat flour and makes excellent toast or light sandwiches. 90% of ingredients are from our farm.

Our HRS (Glenn) wheat has a strong flavor liked by many eastern Europeans, which also comes out in this bread. Some Americans don't care for this flavor.

Note: Glenn is NOT an heirloom varieity of wheat. It was released in Canada in 2001.

FLOUR: Red Fife sifted

3 cup flour
1 ½ cup water
2 teaspoons salt
¼ teaspoon yeast

Mix ingredients then knead, with a kitchen-aid or by hand, for 5 minutes.
Let sit at room temperature for 2 hours, covered with a towel. Then sit in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours, covered. The dough can sit in the refrigerator for up to 7 days.
When ready to make bread, break off a softball size dough ball and flatten it. Sprinkle with a tablespoon of sugar or honey. Fold 5 to 10 times, and place into a well oiled loaf pan, flatten the dough out to the shape of the pan. Cover with a towel and let rise at room temperature for at least 1 hour. The dough won't quite double.
Preheat oven to 425 F. Bake for 15 minutes and then brush with butter or oil. Bake another 10 minutes.
Cool before slicing

WHEAT BERRIES: Turkey Red (HRW) or Pastry (SRW)

1 cup wheat berries
1 ½ cup milk
½ cup oil or applesauce
1 egg
3 tsp. baking powder
2 Tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. Salt

Blend 1 cup milk with wheat berries for 2-3 minutes.
Add rest of milk and blend for 2 more minutes.
Keeping the blender going, add remaining ingredients.
Cook on hot skillet or griddle.
You can also add vanilla, cinnamon, fruit or other ingredients as desired.