This loaf is brimming with flavour from the rye flour and it is excellent for the cheeseboard and equally good toasted for breakfast.
Recipe Category: Bread
Makes enough for: 1fruit loaf
All Rights Reserved: Adapted from Paul Hollywood
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Ingredients
300gbread flour, plus extra for dusting
100grye flour
100gwholemeal flour
10gfine salt
10ginstant yeast
30gsoftened butter
30ghoney
270mlswater, divided
Canola oil for kneading
100gseedless raisins
180gdried fruit, chopped
Method
Place the flours into a bowl and add the salt on one side and the yeast on the other side
Add the butter, honey and 240mls water and use your fingers to start forming a dough
You might need to add the rest of the water if necessary, but do so a little at a time until you get a nice soft dough and all the flour has been incorporated
Spread a little bit of canola oil onto your worktop and tip your dough out of the bowl onto the oil
Knead for at least 5 minutes, and until the dough has formed a smooth, soft skin
Lightly oil the bowl and place your dough into it and cover
Leave to prove until doubled in size
Lightly dust your worktop with flour and tip the dough out
Add the raisins and dried fruit and knead them in until the fruit stops dropping out
Place the dough back into the bowl, cover and leave to prove for an hour
Lightly dust your worktop with flour and gently tip the dough out
Gently fold it inwards to knock it back and when the dough is smooth, shape it into an oval and place onto a lined baking tray
Cover with lightly oiled cling film and leave to prove until the dough has doubled in size
Preheat the oven to 210° Celsius
Dust the exposed surface with flour and gently push in any exposed fruit
Cut a deep slash along the length of the loaf and bake for 35 minutes