Video Recipe | Raisin & Walnut bread
Each autumn, the walnut tree in our garden provides me with hundreds of delicious, fresh nuts. One of my favourite ways of using these is using them in bread. Once baked, the bread is a perfect base for some of the amazing local soft cheeses that are produced in the Morzine area.
In this video, you can see how easy it is to make and the best thing? It involves a lot of resting…
Below you can find the text version of the recipe
Ingredients
500g wholemeal flour
500g plain flour
1.5 tsp fast acting yeast
25g sea salt
700ml water
120g of walnuts
120g of raisins
Method
Bring flours, yeast, salt & water together into a rough dough
Knead for 1 min
Rest for 15 mins
Knead for 1 min
Rest for 15 mins
Add the walnuts & raisins
Knead again until the walnuts & raisins are evenly spread
Leave to rise for 90 mins
Cut into 2 & shape into 2 simple round loaves
Leave to rise for 45 mins
Bake at 230C for 35 mins
Leave to cool and then serve with soft cheese!
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