Spelt Bread (Chocolate & Ham-Cheese) 2 loaves

[bron]

Photos first to make you all really drool....
First class bread, best I have ever tried...ever!
Promise!

[bron]

Recipe is so simple, but have all ingredients ready beforehand otherwise it seems like it takes forever and its only 1 minute!

Spelt Bread

Recipe makes 2 loaves of around 450g (which disappear within minutes)

Ingredients

50g dark chocolate (blitzed 10 seconds speed 5) so still quite chunky
50g grated cheese (used mixture of cheeses already had grated)
100g spelt grain or flour (gives bread an amazing flavour)
260g water (warm/hottish)
40g fresh yeast
400g bakers flour
1 teaspoon salt
50g cured ham (serrano) chopped into bits

1 beaten egg (to brush over)

Preparation

Blitz spelt 30 seconds speed 10. Add water and yeast, 15 seconds, speed 3.
Add flour, salt and program 1 minute 
Remove half dough, and add chocolate chips to other half  of dough in THX. Program 10 seconds 
Place on worktop. Then add reserved dough to THX and add cheese and ham and program 20 seconds 
Make the loaves. Roll each dough into a sausage and place on baking tray lined with greaseproof papaer. With some scissors cut through almost to the bottom, make about 5 or 6 cuts and then pull the bits cut to either side to form the shape. Its easy!
Then cover with a clean tea towel, and leave for 15 or 20 minutes to rise. Brush with egg and place in centre hot oven 220º for  about 20 minutes, careful as the chocolate one does first!


How easy is that! 1 minute. Chocolate one is delicious for breakfast! Oh should I post this in the breakfast section?

[bron]

Thermomixer, please can you move this to breakfast section
Sorry don't know how to move a post!

[brazen20au]

looks great bron! i can move it for you

[bron]

Thanks Karen! Aren't you clever too!

[CarolineW]

Amanda - no seriously, now - you're not helping me!!!!  I'm on a diet here, you know    Yet another one earmarked for after May 9th 

[Thermomixer]

Thanks bron - great work.  Look fantastic.  May daunt some working out how to do the chopping, so here is a post with pics on how to make an epi - similar shape http://blog.kitchenmage.com/2007/11/bread-101-how-t.html

Lots of pics on the post so it may take a while to download sorry.

[bron]

Have made some more yesterday, but added walnuts and raisins to the chocolate one, very very good!

Step one, make 2 sausage shapes

Step two, cut them every inch almost to the bottom

Step three, pull each bit to one side to form the wheat shape

[bron]

Step three didnt fit on!

[bron]

See how the chocolate one does quicker!
My work of art, in 2 mins in my THX, 30 mins ontop of the tumble dryer, and 25 mins in the oven. It takes us all of 10 mins to demolish them!

[judydawn]

Great picture show Bron - step by step instructions go down a treat and it looks so easy too!  Can anyone tell me where you buy fresh yeast and can the dried be substituted?

[Hannah]

JudyDawn, I get my fresh yeast from Frewville Foodland, Pasadena Foodland or Burnside Village (cheese shop). It is quite cheap ($5 a kilo), good for about a month depending on how well sealed it is. Once you have used it you won't want dried ever again!

[judydawn]

OK, I'll try my local Foodland - service deli I presume?

[Hannah]

Yes - from the service deli.

[bron]

You can use dried yeast too. I sometimes use the dried kind, if you buy fresh you can freeze it in portions and then use it as you need it!