Carotenoids are the richly coloured red, orange and yellow plant pigments found in many fruits and vegetables. They are powerful antioxidants known for their many protective health benefits. This Botanical Blend No. 5: Golden Blend will turn your sourdough bakes a beautiful golden hue, and the depth of flavour it gives is remarkable. A wonderful fresh ingredient that you add to this blend as you mill is lemon or orange zest.
Makes about 1kg.
Follow the mill manufacturer’s instructions for milling – we recommend using a Mockmill. We use the Mockmill Pro 200 at the school for faster milling; however, Mockmill’s most affordable model, the Mockmill 100 is also ideal.
If you do not have a mill, you can learn how to make a botanical blend without a mill.
Ingredients
- 800g of Blend No 2
- 100g golden corn
- 80g barley
- 2 tablespoons bee pollen
- 10 marigolds (calendula)
- 3 tablespoons of camomile flowers
- 10g golden mustard seeds
- 20g toasted golden linseeds (toast at time of milling)
- 20g yellow or orange lentils
- 10g dried turmeric (optional )
- 8 white peppercorns
- Outside skin of yellow onions