Caerphilly and leek bread - recipe
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Prepare
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Serves
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Cook
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Skill
Medium
Ingredients
- 500 g Seed and grain white bread flour
- 1½ tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Easy bake yeast
- 1 tbsp Olive oil
- 2 Leek(s) medium, cleaned and sliced into rings
- 25 g Butter (salted)
- 1 tbsp Thyme leaves
- 100 g Caerphilly cheese crumbled
- Milk (whole) to brush
- 300 ml Warm water
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1
Add the flour to a large bowl and place the salt to one side of a bowl and the yeast on the other.
For this step you'll need:
- 500g Seed and grain white bread flour
- 1½tsp Salt
- 1tsp Easy bake yeast
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2
Add the olive oil and 300ml warm water, to make a soft dough. Add only enough liquid, you may not need it all.
For this step you'll need:
- 1 tbsp Olive oil
- 300ml Warm water
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3
Place the dough on a lightly floured surface and knead for 10 minutes (this can be done in a mixer with a dough hook on a medium speed for 4-5 minutes), until the dough is smooth and silky.
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Place in a large lightly oiled bowl and cover with cling film and leave to rise to at least double in size, about 1-2 hours.
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5
Meanwhile gently fry the leeks in the butter with the thyme until softened but not coloured, about 10 minutes. Season and cool.
For this step you'll need:
- 2 Leek(s) medium, cleaned and sliced into rings
- 25g Butter (salted)
- 1 tbsp Thyme leaves
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6
Tip the dough out onto a floured surface and roll out to a 25cm x 35cm rectangle.
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Scatter over the leeks and the cheese leaving a 1cm border, roll the dough up into a tight cylinder from the short end to make a sausage shape with the seal underneath. Pinch the ends and then just tuck them under to seal the filling in.
For this step you'll need:
- 100g Caerphilly cheese crumbled
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Place on a large lined baking tray and cover the dough with a tea towel and leave to prove for another 30 – 45 minutes until slightly puffed.
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Preheat the oven to 220C (fan 200C, gas mark 7).
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Brush the loaf all over with milk and bake in the oven for 35 – 40 minutes until risen and golden brown. Cool on a wire rack and serve with soup or on picnics.
For this step you'll need:
- Milk (whole) to brush