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Stilton, walnut and cranberry festive loaf

Paul Hollywood from Great Food Bites
Paul Hollywood combines blue cheese, cranberries and crunchy walnuts in a tasty loaf, best accompanied with garlic-studded Camembert cheese

Stilton, walnut and cranberry festive loaf

Method

1. Place the flour, salt, sugar, oil, yeast and water into a large bowl and gently mix together with your hands for 4 minutes, until all the flour has been absorbed by the water.

2. Tip the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead well for 5-8 minutes. Place back in the bowl to rest for 1 hour.

3. Add the Stilton, cranberries and walnuts to the dough and mix well.

4. Divide the dough into 2 and plait together. Transfer onto a lined baking tray and leave to rise for another hour.

5. Preheat the oven to 200C/gas 6 and bake for 30 minutes, until golden brown.

6. Take the Camembert cheese out of its wrapper and replace it in the box.

7. Slash the top of the cheese with a knife and stud it with garlic. Bake for 10 minutes. Serve warm to dip the bread into.

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Serves: 4

Prep: 45 min, plus 2 hrs rising time
Cook: 40 min

Ingredients

For the bread

500g white bread flour
2 tsp Salt
30g caster sugar
30ml Olive oil
25g fresh yeast
290ml water
100g Stilton cheese
150g Cranberries
150g Walnuts, chopped