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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 homemade bread on a Sunday to make afternoon tea sandwiches with.

Rustic French Bread Recipe
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Ingredients

For the recipe:
  • 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

Fresh homemade bread filling the air in your home is one of life’s comforting smells, my gran always made fresh homemade bread on a Sunday to make afternoon tea sandwiches with. Easy to make and no additives so best eaten on the day of baking and maybe if there’s some left toasted for breakfast

Method

01
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).
02
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.
03
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.
04
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.