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Honey and saffron loaf

Paul Hollywood from Great Food Live
For bread with a difference try Paul Hollywood's home-made loaf, flavoured with fragrant saffron and lashings of honey

Honey and saffron loaf

Method

1. Put 125g of white flour, 125g of wholemeal flour and all the yeast into a mixing bowl and add 150ml of water. Mix everything together and leave in a warm place for 4 hours.

2. Add the remaining white and wholemeal flours, salt, honey and saffron to the mixture and enough water to form a dough.

3. Knead well for 5 minutes until the mixture forms a smooth dough. Leave, covered in the bowl for 30 minutes.

4. Shape the dough into a ball, place on a lined baking sheet and leave to rise for another hour.

5. Preheat the oven to 220C/gas 7. Score the middle of the loaf with a knife and bake for 30 minutes until risen. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

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Prep: 25 min, plus resting and rising
Cook: 30 min

Ingredients
250g strong white flour
250g wholemeal flour
30g Yeast
150ml hand-hot water
1 tbsp Salt
75ml Honey
0.25 tsp saffron strands, finely ground, soaked in a little hot water