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Volcano Bread

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A loaf cake will bake at a temperature of 177C (350F) for around 45-60 minutes… you can microwave one in a mug at full power for just 2 minutes… and if you have a 100C (212F) hot spring, like they do in Laugarvatn, Iceland, you can leave a rye bread loaf buried in the black volcanic sand for 24 hours. Baking the ‘old-fashioned way’… Viktor Sveinsson shows us how.

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Volcano Bread was produced, directed, shot, and edited by filmmaker Alison Grasso and was the winner of “Best Super Short Film” at the New York Food Film Festival, 2016.

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Update: Baking Bread with Lava in Iceland from Great Big Story, a follow up visit with Icelandic baker Siggi Rafn Hilmarsson, who uses the volcanic hot springs to bake 70 loaves of bread every week

Related recipe: Icelandic Dark Rye Bread (Dökkt Rúgbrauð) that can bake in your oven for 8 hours or 6 hours 30 minutes. If you try baking it, send us a photo or vid.

Watch more videos from Iceland and see more hot springs, including Geothermal Energy in Iceland.

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