Flatkökur með hunang

Flatbread with honey

Here's a recipe for a flatbread, the kind you often get at Viking festivals in Iceland these days - made only from flour, water and, if necessary, salt, and - very generous! - also with a little honey.

Here in Þingeyri, a Viking festival (" Víkingar á Vestfjörðum") takes place every summer. Many local residents were specially “trained” in how to make appropriate Viking clothing, use craft techniques like those of the Vikings - and also prepare Viking food that was as authentic as possible (even if not many recipes have been handed down with certainty). I was told that flatbread like this is also offered here!

Ingredients

130 g whole wheat flour
130 g wholemeal rye flour
140ml water
1 Tbsp honey


Preparation

Knead the wheat and wholemeal rye flour together with the water and honey to form a firm dough.

Then let the dough stand covered for about 30 minutes.

 
Then form 7 - 8 balls from the dough...

...and then roll it out very thinly by hand (or with a rolling pin if necessary).

Heat a cast-iron pan (but a crepe maker works very well if you can no longer bake on a hot stove or a hot stone!) and briefly bake the Flatkökur on both sides.

Here: flatbread with wild garlic cheese

[Translated from here.]