I am not the biggest fan of poppy seeds and sesame seeds. You will probably find me dusting them off this tear and share bread. But, I am a huge fan of this loaf. It is soft and moreish and I tend to make it often. Usually I send half home with James so he too can enjoy my bread.
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I have a pair of glasses next to my bed that I use for reading. Two Sunday nights’ ago I put them on and a piece of what looked like fishing line was hanging off the one lens. I have been wearing frameless lenses for years now and this is the first time that the nylon has broken. I was not sure whether this would be covered by the manufacturers guarantee or not. On the Monday morning I brought the glasses to work with me and read up on their guarantee on their website. It turns out that the 40% discount for lens replacement is standard! This made me doubly cross at the way that was handled. I was relieved to see that the repair needed was covered by their guarantee so took the lenses in. The owner sat and did the fiddly bit of repairing them.
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While he started on this I browsed through the local kitchen shop. Not finding anything I needed I went back to the optometrist. They were very chatty and friendly but I still felt ripped off. I did not know how to share this information with them so carried on like everything was OK. They are nice people, but that does not mean much. And now I have to start over again looking for someone new to take care of my eyes.
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Tear And Share Bread
Ingredients
for the dough
- 580 g flour, sifted, plus extra for dusting
- 5 g fennel seeds
- 50 g fructose
- 8 g salt
- 10 g instant dry yeast
- 375 mls tepid milk
- 30 mls macadamia nut oil, plus extra for greasing
- 50 g butter, melted
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
to glaze
- 1 egg white, slackened
- 5 mls sesame seeds
- 10 mls poppy seeds
Method
for the dough
- Place the flour, fennel seeds, fructose and salt into a stand mixer bowl
- Mix together using the dough hook
- Add the yeast and mix in
- Place the milk into a mixing bowl and add the oil, butter and egg
- Whisk to combine
- Make a well in the centre of the flour and pour in the milk mixture
- Knead on a slow speed and once combined set your timer for 10 minutes
- After the time is up, turn out onto a lightly floured surface and shape into a ball
- Lightly grease the bowl and place the dough into the bowl, seam side down
- Cover and leave to prove until doubled in size
- Turn out and divide into 75g pieces
- Roll each piece into a ball on a lightly oiled surface, and place into a 23cm springform tin, starting in the middle
- Cover with a shower cap and leave to prove for 20 minutes
- Preheat the oven to 180° Celsius with a baking stone if you have one
- Brush the top of the dough with the egg white and sprinkle on the seeds
- Bake for 45 minutes and remove from the oven
- Leave to cool in the tin for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely
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The texture of this bread looks wonderful Tandy! I should give it a go 😀
I thought of you when I made it because of all the seeds 🙂
This is a lovely recipe, Tandy. I love bread of all shapes and sizes and I love seeds too.
This is such an easy loaf to enjoy 🙂
sorry – i must be missing something here. why did you feel ripped off if they were fixing your glasses for free? we must be lucky here in australia; you can go into any optometrist and they will fix simple repairs for free. i love poppy and sesame seeds! i would happily chew on them. I always feel like they are doing me good too. cheers sherry x
I see you read the other post – and believe it or not, I have to take them back again!
oh i see now. I’ve read the other post about your lenses:)
Interesting about using fennel seeds in the batter. The bread really make one want to push her face into it!
That is exactly how I feel about this bread 🙂