The smell of bread is like the smell of home – seasoning bread properly

Everyone loves the smell of freshly baked bread. So tempting that you want to cut off a slice right away.

But where does this inviting smell come from?

In the past, bread was only made from flour, water and a little salt. It was only much later that spices began to be used to change the taste and different countries and regions developed their own spice mixtures and bread recipes. This knowledge was often only passed on from grandmother to mother to daughter.

Three factors are crucial for bread to smell really good:

The dough and its yeast, how the bread is baked and the spices that are used.

The classics for bread seasoning are:

• Caraway, which stimulates the appetite and aids digestion
• aniseed, which stimulates the gastrointestinal tract
• the calming fennel
• Coriander, which stimulates the appetite and also aids digestion

Bread spices are therefore not only crucial for good taste, but also promote health, as they first stimulate the appetite and then the digestion.

If you mix these four ingredients in equal proportions (e.g. 2 tablespoons each), you have the classic Austrian bread spice at hand. Depending on whether you want a strong or mild bread, mix one to two tablespoons of the bread spice per 500 grams of flour.

As always, it is best if the spices are freshly ground. With your Salzburg grain mill, you can grind the desired amount with the grain.

It goes without saying that these freshly ground spices produce a different smell and taste to pre-packaged spices, which are usually stored in the store for weeks or months.

If you have a grain mill, mix the different spices and add them to the grain for grinding. Freshly grinding grain and spices is a prerequisite for the art of baking at the highest level. The grain mill is therefore in no way your spice mill. It is no longer necessary to grind the spices in advance and store them in a container. Because storage always means a loss of the delicious, original aroma!

Have a wonderful day!

Here you can find Berti’s special spice mix: https://www.getreidemuehle.com/de/richtig-wuerzen-aber-wie/