Type | Bread |
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Place of origin | Greece |
Main ingredients | Wheat flours, fine cornmeal |
Daktyla ( Greek: Δάχτυλα) is a leavened 'country' or 'village' bread from Greece, [1] but also popular in Cyprus [2] and Turkey. [3]
It has a segmented shape resembling fingers of bread, which give it its name of 'finger bread' [4] (Δάχτυλα, Daktyla in Greek means "fingers" [1]), which is made by making deep slashes in a loaf before baking, [3] or making a row of rolls of dough and allowing them to become attached to each other at proving stage. [1] It is traditionally made from a 'country' flour, which is a mix of wheat flours and fine cornmeal, which gives it a light yellow colour, [1] and is topped with sesame and nigella seeds, [2] [3] some recipes also include nigella seeds in the dough. [3] [5]
Type | Bread |
---|---|
Place of origin | Greece |
Main ingredients | Wheat flours, fine cornmeal |
Daktyla ( Greek: Δάχτυλα) is a leavened 'country' or 'village' bread from Greece, [1] but also popular in Cyprus [2] and Turkey. [3]
It has a segmented shape resembling fingers of bread, which give it its name of 'finger bread' [4] (Δάχτυλα, Daktyla in Greek means "fingers" [1]), which is made by making deep slashes in a loaf before baking, [3] or making a row of rolls of dough and allowing them to become attached to each other at proving stage. [1] It is traditionally made from a 'country' flour, which is a mix of wheat flours and fine cornmeal, which gives it a light yellow colour, [1] and is topped with sesame and nigella seeds, [2] [3] some recipes also include nigella seeds in the dough. [3] [5]