Bacon Relish Beer Bread
Use any relish you have, as long as it is not too moist
Makes enough for: 1 loaf bread
Ingredients
- 500 g flour, plus extra for dusting
- 250 mls water
- 175 mls beer
- 100 g bacon relish
- 30 g honey
- 22.5 mls olive oil
- 5 g instant dried yeast
- 5 g fine salt
- canola oil for greasing
Method
- Place the flour, water, beer, relish, honey, oil, yeast and salt into a stand mixer bowl
- Using a dough hook, bring the mixture together until it forms a dough
- Knead for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a lightly dusted surface and shape into a ball
- Lightly oil the bowl and place the dough back, seam side down
- Cover and leave to prove until doubled in size
- Tip the dough out onto a lightly dusted surface and knock back
- Shape into a ball and place seam side down into a lightly oil round lidded pot
- Flatten the top of the dough slightly then set aside to prove until doubled in size
- Preheat the oven to 220° Celsius
- Put the lid on the pot and place into the oven for 50 minutes
- Remove from the oven and tip out onto a wire rack to cool completely before cutting