I know it’s cheap and easy to buy bread from supermarket, but there’s something about baking a loaf of bread by hand that is really satisfying.
Today I made a loaf of seedy white bread, it’s good for sandwiches and toasts, I normally make it with fast action yeasts. But since I got hold of some fresh yeast (and I think my fast action yeasts is a bit out, they just didn’t really do the job). So today it’s my first time of making bread with fresh yeast!
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Recipe:500g seeded strong white flour (or you can use mixed seeds with strong white flour)
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon caster sugar
25g butter
15g fresh yeast (or 1.5 teaspoon fast action yeast)
200ml tepid milk
90ml tepid water
- Mix flour, salt, sugar together. (If using fast action yeast, add it in at this stage.)
- Rub in butter.
- If using fresh yeast, dissolve it in the liquid.
- Make a well in the flour and pour in the liquid.
- Combine everything, http://premier-pharmacy.com/product-category/mans-health// then start kneading! (might be very sticky to start with, but don’t give up, it will come together eventually)
- After at least 10 minutes kneading (by hand), the dough should become smooth and elastic.
- Put the dough in an oiled bowl and cover with tea towel/cling film.
- Wait for 45 minutes or until the dough is doubled in size.
- Knead for another 5 minutes or so, to get rid of big air bubbles!
- You can now shape your bread, if doing a loaf, have a look at my pictures to see how I shaped mine.
- Preheat oven to gas mark 7 / 220’C / 425’F
- Wait till the bread reaches the rim of the tin (or doubled in size if you’re shaping it as a bun or something)
- In the oven for 20 minutes, then remove from the tin and bake for another 15 minutes on gas mark 4. (to brown the sides)
- Cool on a rack.
