Thursday, September 12, 2013

Beer Bread

Lets start off with something simple and utterly delicious. This can be eaten as a meal with the topping of your desire, or it could be eaten as a snack with a big dollop of butter. 
Ingredients
500g self-raising flour
1/2 tsp salt
125g cheddar, cut into small cubes
340ml beer (a can in South Africa, ,)
50ml water
1Tbsp salt
50ml sesame or sunflower seeds
Coarse salt to sprinkle on top

Method
Pre-heat the oven to 180C  Grease a small loaf tin.
Sift flour and salt together in a mixing bowl.  Stir in the beer, cheese, water and thyme.  You can add a little water if the dough is too dry.  Mix until all the flour has been moistened and the dough forms a cohesive mass.
Transfer the dough to the loaf tin, sprinkle with seeds and coarse salt and place in the pre-heated oven.
Test with a skewer after about one hour when the top is golden brown – if the skewer comes out clean, remove from oven. Serve with plenty of butter.
NB – leave to cool for a few minutes or so before you slice!!

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