How to Use spelt in a Sentence

spelt

noun
  • Bags of teff, freekeh, millet, spelt, and bulgur share space on the carb shelf.
    Amy Sowder, Bon Appetit, 16 Aug. 2017
  • Throw them in your lunchtime salads or mix them with brown rice, spelt, barley and quinoa.
    Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Made with bread flour, hard red spring wheat and spelt, its greatness lies in the chew of the crust, and in its flop.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Soft-boiled and served with rye or spelt bread, avocado, and crushed tomato.
    Ana Morales, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2025
  • German bread is composed mainly of whole grains, such as rye, spelt, millet, and wheat that are less processed.
    Judy Buchenot, Aurora Beacon-News, 27 Apr. 2017
  • This could be a clever take on Peking duck, with kumquats standing in for hoisin sauce and spelt crepes for the usual pancakes.
    Devra First, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Regulars come for the Pain de Campagne and loaves made of spelt and ancient grains.
    Gisela Williams, New York Times, 20 June 2018
  • From spelt wheat sourdough and baguettes to sea salt dinner buns and country sourdough, there is no shortage of good options.
    Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Whole Grains Whole grains—such as brown rice, quinoa, farro, spelt, and barley—pair well with chicken breast.
    Amy Brownstein, Verywell Health, 11 June 2026
  • The crust is light and tender, and the flavor is slightly sour and nutty due to the addition of spelt and durum flours.
    Omar Mamoon, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Bela is one of many bakers drawn to the health benefits of alternative flours like buckwheat, spelt, and rye.
    Aliza Abarbanel, Bon Appetit, 5 Oct. 2017
  • In a separate bowl, whisk together the almond flour, spelt flour and baking powder.
    Laura McLively, Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Plain Awesome has 13 grams of whole grains, including quinoa, spelt, rye, millet and barley.
    Chris Ross, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 June 2017
  • That pizza is made with a high-hydration dough fermented for up to 36 hours, with all-organic flours such as spelt.
    Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com, 27 Apr. 2020
  • These hot cross buns are made from the perfect balance of wholemeal spelt and rye flour, similar to how my great Polish aunt used to make her brioche.
    Time, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Healthier bread options include whole wheat, sourdough, spelt, rye, and pumpernickel.
    Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 28 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • Meanwhile, at the cafe, visitors will find healthier snacks like a variety of toasts, coconut chia pudding, and oat and spelt porridge to linger over.
    Devorah Lev-Tov, CNT, 18 Aug. 2017
  • The garlic bread is presented as a glistening round of spelt schiacciata gushing with butter, garlic and parsley.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Grains include oat, wheat, rice, barley, rye, bulgur, buckwheat, amaranth, farro, quinoa, millet, sorghum, teff, triticale, farro and spelt.
    Jenna Birch, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2019
  • This new version was aged for 10 years and made using spelt wheat, an ancient varietal that is said to have a sweet, nutty flavor and is often used for baking or brewing beer.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Chametz includes any food or drink that contains even a trace of wheat, barley, rye, oats, spelt or their derivatives, and which wasn’t guarded from leavening or fermentation.
    Rabbi Moishe Kievman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Thanks to the popularity of pseudocereals like quinoa or spelt, the classic grain has been losing admirers in the West.
    Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Gluten is a term for the proteins found not only in wheat but also in rye, barley, wheat varieties like farro and spelt, and triticale (essentially a cross between wheat and rye).
    Sophie Egan, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Nutrition of Ezekiel Bread Ezekiel bread is made from four whole grains (wheat, barley, millet, and spelt) and two legumes (lentils and soybeans), all of which are organic and sprouted.
    Lauren O'Connor, Health, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Brewer Alex Ganum creates flavor in this hopless beer by combining spelt, lemongrass, Sichuan peppercorns, hyssop and orange peel and ages it in wine and gin casks.
    oregonlive, 18 Dec. 2019
  • 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
  • All four of these new recipes — Dijon-mustard chicken with almond-tarragon rice, flank steak with radish-top chimichurri, spelt flatbread with spring vegetables, and the vegan zucchini-cashew cream soup — meet that criteria.
    Ellise Pierce, star-telegram.com, 23 May 2017
  • The limited whiskey will be released annually after Passover, a time when Jews are not permitted to drink Whiskey since it is considered chametz - food made from wheat, barley, rye, oats or spelt that, when mixed with water, is allowed to rise.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 16 Apr. 2020
  • For now, the restaurant will offer a seasonal strawberry tiramisu alongside chocolate spelt cannoli, a fig leaf panna cotta and good gelato from Southeast Division Street’s Pinolo.
    Michael Russell, oregonlive.com, 6 June 2019

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