: an ancient wheat (Triticum monococcum) having one-grained spikelets and grown especially formerly in poor soils in central and southern Europe and southwest Asia
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Just like the einkorn found in the Black Desert, Jordan’s native baladi (meaning local) wheat varieties tend to be harder than the common wheat used to make commercial breads.
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Yulia Denisyuk, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Aug. 2023
People who have been diagnosed with celiac disease have to completely avoid gluten, found in wheat, rye and barley, as well as variations of wheat including spelt, emmer (farro), einkorn and Kamut.
—Carrie Dennett, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2019
In about a week, Blackley had developed enough starter to begin making bread using barley, einkorn, and another old-school grain called kamut.
—Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2019
Whole grain: Choose from quinoa, emmer farro, einkorn, spelt, whole-grain sorghum (as opposed to pearled), whole-grain barley (again, not pearled), bulgur wheat, freekeh, Kamut wheat, brown rice, black rice, red rice and wild rice.
—Carrie Dennett, The Seattle Times, 28 Nov. 2018
To have that followed kind of in rapid succession by these other millers, like Meuer Farm doing emmer, spelt and einkorn.
—Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2018
In another Stockholm collaboration, Robertson visited the storied Valhalla bakery to show them how to use heirloom grains like einkorn and emmer.
—Leah Mennies, Bon Appetit, 6 Apr. 2017
In another Stockholm collaboration, Robertson visited the storied Valhalla bakery to show them how to use heirloom grains like einkorn and emmer.
—Leah Mennies, Bon Appetit, 6 Apr. 2017
Bacon drippings flavor pearly grains of einkorn cooked risotto-like with ramps and morels.
—Providence Cicero, The Seattle Times, 22 June 2017
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Yulia Denisyuk, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Aug. 2023
People who have been diagnosed with celiac disease have to completely avoid gluten, found in wheat, rye and barley, as well as variations of wheat including spelt, emmer (farro), einkorn and Kamut.
—Carrie Dennett, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2019
In about a week, Blackley had developed enough starter to begin making bread using barley, einkorn, and another old-school grain called kamut.
—Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2019
Whole grain: Choose from quinoa, emmer farro, einkorn, spelt, whole-grain sorghum (as opposed to pearled), whole-grain barley (again, not pearled), bulgur wheat, freekeh, Kamut wheat, brown rice, black rice, red rice and wild rice.
—Carrie Dennett, The Seattle Times, 28 Nov. 2018
To have that followed kind of in rapid succession by these other millers, like Meuer Farm doing emmer, spelt and einkorn.
—Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2018
In another Stockholm collaboration, Robertson visited the storied Valhalla bakery to show them how to use heirloom grains like einkorn and emmer.
—Leah Mennies, Bon Appetit, 6 Apr. 2017
In another Stockholm collaboration, Robertson visited the storied Valhalla bakery to show them how to use heirloom grains like einkorn and emmer.
—Leah Mennies, Bon Appetit, 6 Apr. 2017
Bacon drippings flavor pearly grains of einkorn cooked risotto-like with ramps and morels.
—Providence Cicero, The Seattle Times, 22 June 2017
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First Known Use
1846, in the meaning defined above
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“Einkorn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/einkorn. Accessed 10 Dec. 2023.
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