Both Athenaeus (2nd/3rd century CE) and Pliny the Elder (1st century CE) mention a Greek bread speciality called artolaganon, “bread cake“, which is prepared with milk, pepper, wine and lard or oil. There is no mention of the leavening agent, yeast or sourdough. I am using wine yeast from fresh grapes, a common leavening agent in antiquity, but feel free to use baker’s yeast or sourdough. (If you use baker’s yeast, skip the pre-dough and mix all ingredients right away.)
You need: wheat flour, yeast, milk, black pepper, wine, lard or olive oil
Music: JR Tundra, Shesh Pesh (YouTube audio library, creative commons)
You can find more recipes in my cookbooks “GARUM: Recipes from the Past“, “From Eden to Jerusalem: Recipes from the Time of the Bible“, or “VEGETUS: Vegetarian Recipes from the Past“.
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