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Chestnut bread

Paul Hollywood from Great Food Bites
Paul Hollywood's mix of chestnut flour, walnuts and sultanas makes a deliciously different bread that's sure to be a star in your repertoire.

Chestnut bread

Method

1. Mix the flours together in a large bowl and add the salt, yeast and butter.

2. Gradually pour in the water until you have incorporated all the flour in the bowl to make a soft dough.

3. Tip the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead with your fingers and the heel of your hand for 5 minutes until smooth - it should become springy to the touch. Return the dough back to the bowl to rest for 1 hour - until it has doubled in size.

4. Add the walnuts and sultanas to the dough and mix in well with your hands, shape the dough into a ball and place onto a greased baking tray. Leave to rise for another hour - it should double again in size.

5. Set the oven to 210C/gas 7. Slash the top of the dough with a knife and sprinkle with flour; bake for 30 minutes - the bread should sound hollow when tapped.

6. Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack. Serve with a strong cheese.

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Lizbuff1 | Posted 19-Apr-08

There is far too much salt in this recipe. I suggest 1 tsp, or 5g, and not 15g as stated. Also, you have not put any sugar in the recipe to make the yeast work. I guess this is a typing error, but is important for yeast cookery. I actually made this recipe, but adapted it for my bread machine, and used 1 and a half tsp of dried yeast, with a tablespoon of sugar and only 1 tsp of salt,I used 200g of chestnut flour, and 300g of strong flour. I used the dough setting and added the fruit and walnuts before sahping it and baking it in the oven. It was delicious with thick butter !!
Let me know if anyone else has tried this x