Breakfast from the 5 elements kitchen

Rye-Buckwheat Bread for a weak fire element

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5 elements breadIngredients:
700 gram whole rye flour (fire)
300 gram whole buckwheat flour (fire)
1 packet of sour dough (or 150 g of sourdough starter) (wood)
½ cube fresh yeast (wood)
600 – 700 ml lukewarm water (fire)
2 teaspoons of sea salt (water)
1 teaspoon of brown sugar (earth)
3 teaspoons of oat flakes (metal)

Put the flour in a bowl and make a well in the centre. Mix the yeast with the sugar and a little bit of water and put it in the centre. Leave to rest for 10 minutes. Than add the sour dough, the rest of the water and the salt and make a soft dough. Let it rest until it has doubled its size. Make two loaves of bread, put each in a tin and let it rest again at a warm place for 30 minutes. Sprinkle with water (to get a nice crust) and the oat flakes.
Bake in the oven at 215°C for 25 minutes, then more or less 20 minutes more without the tin at 200° (depends of the size of the loafs. 
   

Homemade Muesli for the Metal Element

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Homemade Muesli for the Metal Element 5 elements cookingIngredients:
500 g oat flakes (M)
100 g sunflower seeds (E)
100 g chopped almonds (E)
100 g coconut  flakes (E)
1 teasponn of cinnamon (M)
6 spoonfuls of oil (E)
6 spoonfuls of honey (E)
6 spoonfuls of water (W)

Warm the honey and mix with oil and water. Mix with the remaining ingredients and put on a backing sheet. Roast slowly in the oven at a temperature of more or less 160° until the muesli gets crunchy. Stir from time to time. Store in a dry and dark place and combine with fruit compotts, dried fruit or warm juice.

   

Sweet buckwheat pancakes

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5 elements recipe: Sweet buckwheat pancakes (fire / metal)Ingredients:
6 tablespoons of buckwheat flour (fire), ½ tablespoon of cocoa (fire), 1 egg (earth)
2 tablespoons of  maple sirup or honey (earth), 1 pinch of cinnamon (metal),
rice milk (metal) and water (water) in equal proportions, 1 tablespoon of lemon juice (wood)

Mix a thick dough from all the ingredients and bake small pancakes. You can add a tablespoon of linseed or elder blossoms if you like.