Apple bread

Name: Apple bread
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 400 g strong unbleached white bread flour; 50 g unsalted butter, chopped; 1 egg; 250 g dried apple rings, soaked to swell; 2 egg yolks; 50 g fresh yeast or 2 tsp dried yeast; 50 g fresh yeast or 2 tsp dried yeast; 1 tsp caster sugar; 200 ml warm milk; Soft brown sugar; Ground ginger; 150 g soured cream or crème fraîche; 150 g soured cream or crème fraîche; 2 tbsp caster sugar; 1 tsp ground ginger

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

A Cook’s Year in a Welsh Farmhouse

By Elisabeth Luard

Published 2011

About

A rich, buttery pastry topped with apple slices and creamy custard, this is a recipe from the Black Forest – similar climate, similar attitude to self-reliance.

Ingredients

400 g strong unbleached white bread flour
50 g fresh yeast or 2 tsp

Europe
Germany
Dessert
Bread
Vegetarian

Method

Set the dough ingredients out ahead of time in a warm kitchen so they are room temperature. Sift the flour into a warm bowl, reserving a handful (about 50 g).

If using fresh yeast, crush it with the sugar with the back of a spoon till it liquidises, then work in a cupful of the warm milk. Sprinkle with a little flour and leave for 10 minutes till the surface starts bubbling. If using dr