Kamut

[kah-moot]

Trademark.

1. a brand name for Khorasan wheat, a type of ancient grain.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Kamut¹

First recorded in 1990–95; supposedly from Egyptian kamʾḥut “bread made from fine wheat”

Example Sentences

Instead of regular all-purpose flour, use golden kamut flour and fresh strawberries for a Valentine's Day breakfast that will make your heart soar.

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Just as appetites are growing for ancient wheat flours like spelt, Kamut, and einkorn, so too is consumer demand for naturally gluten-free flours like buckwheat, sorghum, and teff — albeit a bit more slowly.

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The growth has allowed the mill to work with other farmers, too, to get access to heritage corn varieties and grains that grow better elsewhere, like Kamut and durum.

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Gluten, the protein found in wheat, rye, barley, spelt, farro, kamut, durum and semolina, becomes elastic when mixed with water and kneaded, stretching to form strands of dough that can trap gases emitted from fermentation.

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But there’s also kamut, teff, millet, wild rice, buckwheat, cornmeal and even pasta.

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