Rustic French Bread Recipe
Fresh homemade bread filling the air in your home is one of life's comforting smells, my gran always made fresh...
Ingredients
| 1½tsp | yeast |
| 300g | organic strong white flour |
| 150g | organic spelt flour |
| 50g | organic rye flour |
| 1½tsp | Steenbergs Organic natural sea salt |
| 1tbsp | Fairtrade organic runny honey |
| 25g | organic butter |
| 350ml | organic milk |
Method
- Put the ingredients into the bread machine. Set to the dough programme and start. Grease a large baking tray (we actually use a stainless steel frying pan because it's the right shape!). Pre-heat oven to 220°C (fan assisted oven 200°C).
- Once the dough is ready, turn it out onto a floured surface and punch it down to deflate it. Shape dough into a ball and place on the baking sheet. Cover loosely with lightly oiled cling-film and leave to rise for about 30 minutes until doubled in size.
- Sprinkle top of dough with flour, then using a sharp knife cut 5 diagonal small slits across the top then a further 5 the other way to create a diamond pattern.
- Bake for 15 minutes then reduce temperature to 190°C (fan oven 170°C) and bake for a further 15 - 20 minutes. If it starts browning too quickly cover loosely with foil on top. Transfer to wire rack to cool. Eat immediately.
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