Beer bread

Name: Beer bread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: Makes 1 × 1 kg (2 lb) loaf
Ingredients: 250 g (8 oz) plain flour; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon clear honey; 250 g (8 oz) stoneground wholemeal flour; 1½ teaspoons bicarbonate of soda; 375 ml (12 fl oz) malty brown ale

Preparation info

Makes
1 × 1 kg
loaf

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
55 min

Appears in

Bread

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 2000

About

For maximum flavour with minimum effort, it is difficult to beat this rustic bread. Eat for lunch with some leg ham and English mustard.

Ingredients

250 g (8 oz) plain flour
250 g (8

Lunch
Vegetarian
Bread

Method

Preheat the oven to moderately hot 190°C (375°F/Gas 5). Sieve the flours, bicarbonate of soda and salt together into a large mixing bowl, then stir in the honey and ale to make a heavy wet dough.
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